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But that’s my design. Senators were never supposed to represent population proportionally. That’s what congressman are for, senators represent a state. If you
by tut-urut-utut 5y ago
But that’s my design. Senators were never supposed to represent population proportionally. That’s what congressman are for, senators represent a state.
If you want pure proportional representation then you need to dismiss senate, and change congressional election to nation wide proportional system. Afterwards you wouldn’t even need states anymore.
- neaden 5y agoStates do a lot more then just vote for Federal legislators. We could have a federal election system that didn't take states into account but still had independent state laws, governors, police forces, etc.
- rplst8 5y agoAnd, folks often forget, the fact that the states exist and have control of their elections is part of what helps with the incorruptibility of the system.
- 8note 5y agoSenators nowadays represent voters in their state, and not the state itself. The governor doesn't tell their senators how to vote