re: #469 Obdicut

It’s also because of the state system; if we worked by an actual population system, the dominionists would have far less power, since many of the more conservative Christian states would have fewer senators and delegates.

Yeah, one thing that keeps the GOP afloat is their overrepresentation numerically in the House and Senate. House’s imbalance is due to states like WY and AK, and of course gerrymandering. Senate’s imbalance is due to the fact that there are more small red states (SD, ND, ID, AK, WY, UT, etc) than small blue states.

Only on the electoral map do things even out, because the Dakotas (with fewer than 2 million total) don’t get twice as many electoral votes as California. They do, however, have twice as many Senators as Cali. That system seems like a 19th century rural anachronism in a modern high tech society.