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Back of a napkin calculations have California with around 25% of all immigrants in the US. It's a pretty big chunk of EC votes - more than Wyoming gets in tota
by sheepmullet 8y ago
Back of a napkin calculations have California with around 25% of all immigrants in the US.
It's a pretty big chunk of EC votes - more than Wyoming gets in total!
The senate is meant to represent the states - not the people - so it's not really a fair comparison.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> It's a pretty big chunk of EC votes - more than Wyoming gets in total! No, it's about the same. If you pull non-citizens out of the calculation nationally, California loses between 3 and 4 seats in the House. > The senate is meant to represent the states - not the people That's no more true than saying the House is supposed to be scaled to people and not citizens. Both are features of the design of the system. “Is supposed to be X” doesn't stop something from being a problem in terms of a goal other than X.
- sheepmullet 8y ago> doesn't stop something from being a problem in terms of a goal other than X Sure - I guess it's the difference between a tweak and an overhaul. I'd expect the overhaul to have 100x the supporting evidence.
- JamesBarney 8y agoThe reps are supposed to be proportioned based on people not citizens.