• Ð Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Well for starters that’s a disproportionate 3 electoral votes for president

    It takes as little as less than a fifth of the population to elect a president if they embark on a small states crusade.

    As for constitutional amendments, it takes THREE QUARTERS of the states to approve an amendment, meaning that starting from the smallest states and working our way up, less than 7 million people can decide for the other 343 million that an amendment doesn’t pass.

    And that’s all assuming state action reflects popular will within the states, which it often doesn’t.