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Except it's the opposite now- smaller states out punch larger states.

• AnimalMuppet 10y ago
  Smaller states outpunch in the Senate, larger states outpunch in the House. As douche said, it was intended to be this way. [Edit: Unless by "outpunch" you mean "have higher per-capita representation", in which case they punch equally in the House. But the large states dominate the House: nine states have more than half the votes.)
  • ZanyProgrammer 10y ago
    Do large cities really out perform more sparsely populated areas in terms of representatives?
    • douche 10y ago
      NY City has more than half of the congressional districts allotted to NY state, so yes.
    • pboutros 10y ago
      Yes, of course. Representatives are assigned at 1 per ~700,000 ppl.
  • bluthru 10y ago
    One being proportional to population while the other is biased towards low population doesn't balance out. You would need another chamber biased towards high population.
  • pnathan 10y ago
    Correct; smaller states having a larger voice is by original centrally planned design.