And 51% is quite misleading. 24% of the US population lives in the 30 smallest states. That means that effectively 12%* of voters are responsible for a superm

And 51% is quite misleading. 24% of the US population lives in the 30 smallest states. That means that effectively 12%* of voters are responsible for a supermajority of senators. Or if you consider the filibuster, 41 senators can represent as little as 11% of the US population and are elected by 5.5%* of U.S. voters. *Assuming a uniform population-voter proportion across states, which is undoubtedly not quite the case, though I don't have the exact numbers handy.