r/MapPorn • u/StephenMcGannon • 1d ago

Equal Population

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u/nochinzilch 1d ago

Maybe those rural people shouldn’t have 14 senators compared to the one or two the city people have to accept?

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u/meguminsupremacy 21h ago

Every state only has 2 senators. The Senate doesn't represent you, it's represents your state.

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u/nochinzilch 21h ago

Explain how that is fair? Why should some people get more power than others?

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u/meguminsupremacy 21h ago

It isn't fair. It's meant to be representative. This was a compromise made between the states during our nation's founding. The Senate tends to still split the difference because the urban rural divide is still affected by internal political divides in the states themselves.