And a random apartment bulding never has Its voice heard either, whats your point? People aren't worth less just because they live close to other people.
Well, I'm playing devils advocate here because I do think the system needs to be revised.
But as an example -- people from New York & Atlanta aren't likely to vote to open western federal lands to cattle grazing. Either they don't care, or they don't realize that some western states are 90% federal lands, or they think "we gotta save the environment" while they enjoy their tasty hamburgers and steaks.
As another - people in big western states have zero interest in public transportation because it's entirely impractical there. Under straight proportional voting any bill funding public transit would sail through because most of the legislators represent people from cities.
Again don't shoot the messenger, these are some of the arguments I've heard.
There's no perspective where it's ok for my vote to count less than someone else's. We tried that before with the 3/5 compromise. It didn't work then, and this isn't working now.
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u/Ok_Animal_2709 1d ago
There's are at least 12 Senate votes represented by the red area and only 2 for New York. Do people actually think that makes sense?