• MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I get that the Electoral College was originally designed to give smaller states an equal say. But, when Los Angeles county has more population than like 10 states combined, things are getting ridiculous.

    California has like 67 times the population of Wyoming… yet they each have two senators. And that keeps increasing.

    Our government is not a good representation of the populace.

    • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      It was originally designed to give slave owners a greater say than people in free states, since EC representation is mainly based on the number of representatives you have in the House, and the slave state representative count was inflated by the 3/5 compromise.