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Does the NRA not represent the will of a group of people? If a group of people get together, put their money together and tell that group of people to sway poli
by skrbjc 5y ago
Does the NRA not represent the will of a group of people? If a group of people get together, put their money together and tell that group of people to sway politicians with that money, then you can reasonably say that that is the will of people, albeit, people with a specific issue on their mind.
I don't think it is the best system, but you can't say that PACs aren't working toward the will of the people that put the money behind them.
If you didn't realize we have the senate and the house of representatives, one is proportional to population and one is based on state-hood. I think it creates a reasonable balance, especially because small states would otherwise have almost no voice in the federal government. The densely populated cities in the US already have a lot of sway in general elections and especially in state-wide elections, which have a greater influence on their lives anyway. Making sure less-densely populated regions, which are vital for the country in their own way, is not a terrible thing, as much as that irks Democrats that would like more control.