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Originally Posted by oldschoolcalgary
well, it started in 1789 for one... with 11 states that were similarly sized at the time... even then this was a compromise(the vote was 6-5), allowing smaller states to have an equal say, in order for the union to even be formed.
I'll say it again; the fact that California, the world's fourth biggest economy, has the same number of senators and Wyoming or North Dakota or Vermont doesn't make a lot of sense, both in terms of actual financial output nor representational democracy.
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In 1780, the population of Delaware was 8% of the population of Virginia. They were not similarly sized.
Why would the economy of California matter at all in this debate? If our economy was smaller than Wyoming, North Dakota, or Vermont, and the populations remained the same, should we have less representation?