yeahiknow3, 1 month ago That’s one of the main reasons that the US is classified as a flawed democracy. A vote in California has something like 1/200th the influence on federal policy as a vote in Wyoming or Alaska. https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/b8fd9cad-a3de-400e-910a-a83d75356b16.png “The Senate was designed, as part of the separation of powers, to check the impulses of the House and the popular will.”(1)
That’s one of the main reasons that the US is classified as a flawed democracy. A vote in California has something like 1/200th the influence on federal policy as a vote in Wyoming or Alaska.
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/b8fd9cad-a3de-400e-910a-a83d75356b16.png
“The Senate was designed, as part of the separation of powers, to check the impulses of the House and the popular will.”(1)