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3/4 of the states are not “red states”. Look at the composition of the Senate. Each state gets 2 senators, but there are only 53 republican senators, not 74-76
by javagram 7y ago
3/4 of the states are not “red states”. Look at the composition of the Senate. Each state gets 2 senators, but there are only 53 republican senators, not 74-76 as one would expect if 3/4 states were solid red.
In reality the country is divided enough that no wholesale rewriting of the constitution would ever be possible in the current political climate either way, using the amendment mechanism. Hence the importance of using the SCOTUS to reinterpret it one way or another instead...
- CamperBob2 7y ago3/4 of the states are not “red states”. Look at the composition of the Senate. Each state gets 2 senators, but there are only 53 republican senators, not 74-76 as one would expect if 3/4 states were solid red. I strongly disagree with your definition of "red states," given the electoral-vote map from the last Presidential election. In any case, my point is that rewriting the Constitution would have no beneficial effect anyway, because we'd just continue to ignore it.