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No, none of that is true. Remember, Republicans represent half the country, not some isolated sect living in small town Appalachia.
by ungreased0675 9mo ago
No, none of that is true.
Remember, Republicans represent half the country, not some isolated sect living in small town Appalachia.
- tfehring 9mo ago27%* https://news.gallup.com/poll/700499/new-high-identify-political-independents.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/700499/new-high-identify-politi...
- jfyi 9mo ago>some isolated sect living in small town Appalachia. Calvinists or Evangelicals? I don't think that holds water either way.
- helterskelter 9mo ago> Republicans represent half the country This statement isn't necessarily wrong because about half of elected government officials are Republican, but I want to point out that less than 60% of eligible Americans voted in 2024, so we're talking about <30% of Americans who vote Republican.
- JKCalhoun 9mo agoAnd honestly, with a Congress that allows every state, irrespective of population, two Senators, it is somewhat skewed. I mean San Jose, California is about double the population of the entire state of Wyoming.
- red-iron-pine 9mo agoi don't know why this is downvoted, it's a legit complaint. wyoming has ~800k people. ohio has 11 million. the greater NYC area (parts of NJ, CT, etc.) has ~22 million. california has 40 million. and as a parent poster mentioned, just slightly 1/3 of eligible voters chose trump; if "no candidate" was a choice it may have one most states, beating out kamala and trump.
- helterskelter 9mo agoI didn't downmod, but it's probably because they are represented by population in the House, a coequal chamber which approves the budget (and the Speaker of which is next in line for POTUS after the VP). States have equal representation in Senate so one high-population state can't write laws that only benefit them, or are disadvantageous to smaller states.