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The Senate isn't supposed to represent the people. They were originally supposed to be the bulwark against the "rapid" (2-year) change of the House of Represent
by mondoshawan 9y ago
The Senate isn't supposed to represent the people. They were originally supposed to be the bulwark against the "rapid" (2-year) change of the House of Representatives to prevent mob rule. That is, until we amended the Constitution to make them elected by popular vote.
There are far more representatives in Congress than Senators, to the tune of almost 3:1, which is still too low.
The way we fix this is by fixing our local governments first. The States determine the number of Representatives based upon their districting and constitutions.
The answer is to fight to fix the districting and run as a representative.
- maxerickson 9y agoThe number of representatives in the house is set by the Federal government. States create the districts they run in.
- dragonwriter 9y ago> There are far more representatives in Congress than Senators, to the tune of almost 3:1 It's very odd to describe exactly 4.35:1 (or 4.35:1.01, depending.on how you treat the VP) as “almost 3:1”.