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Because Republicans don't need 50% of the support. They need way less because of imbalances built into the system. If your core support still does not support
by lhopki01 6y ago
Because Republicans don't need 50% of the support. They need way less because of imbalances built into the system. If your core support still does not support legalizing cannabis then it's not worth it to do it.
- CameronNemo 6y agoFor some hard numbers, as of 2018 15.95% of the US population lived in the 25 least populous states and elected half of the US Senate. To block an conviction of an impeached president or a constitutional amendment, only 34 senators (17 states) are needed. As of 2018, that was as little as 7.32% of the US population. If you care to do the math yourself, this is my source: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_population https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_pop... And some python to help once you have lines to summarize: sum(map(float, open('foo').readlines()))
- mumblemumble 6y ago> For some hard numbers, as of 2018 15.95% of the US population lived in the 25 least populous states and elected half of the US Senate. Unless the Zetas have recently started moving into Wyoming, too, I'm guessing they're also the ones being least harmed by externalities from the war on drugs.