https://twitter.com/nycjim/status/1311742536046850050
My county has 2.1 million people: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarrant_County,_Texas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harris_County,_Texas
According to a July 2018 census estimate, Harris County's population had grown to 4,698,619, comprising over 16% of Texas's population.[5][6]
Largest city Houston
Area:
• Total 1,777 sq mi (4,600 km2)
• Land1,703 sq mi (4,410 km2)
• Water74 sq mi (190 km2) 4.2%
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island
Population
(2019 Census Bureau, Q2 2019)
• Total 1,059,361
• Rank45th
Area
• Total 1,214[a][2] sq mi (3,144 km2)
• Land1,045 sq mi (2,707 km2)
• Water169 sq mi (438 km2) 13.9%
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_Unit...
All of these states get two senators and (electoral votes), Houston gets 16% of two senators, even if it is allowed to vote.
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on Thursday, October 1, 2020 – 06:44 pm
The combined population of
The combined population of Alaska, Vermont & Wyoming is lower than the county I live in (Tarrant, TX).
My county gets 7.2% of two senators, or I suppose we could say 14.4% os a senator, even assuming my little country could offset the other 27 million people in Texas.
Alaska, Vermont & Wyoming get 6 senators.
This is why the system is fucked, the Senate is a fucking nightmare:
When it comes to the Senate, a Wyoming* voter is 2/.144 = 14 times as important as I am.
(* and voters in Vermont or Alaska or North Dakota)
The rural voters have fucking 14 times as much power as I do.
Nice Constitution.
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on Thursday, October 1, 2020 – 09:00 pm
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