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Wyoming has 578,000 people, is 92% white and has 2 senators
DC has 705,000 people, is 46% Black and has 0 senators
Dems introduced bill today to make DC 51st state
DC has 705,000 people, is 46% Black and has 0 senators
Dems introduced bill today to make DC 51st state
US Senate deeply undemocratic:
-Split 50-50 but Dems represent 41 million more people
-15 states with 38 million ppl elect 30 GOP senators
-California with 40 million ppl elects 2 Dems
-By 2040, 30% of US will elect 70 senators. 70% of US will elect 30 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/01/the-insurrection-was-put-down-the-gop-plan-for-minority-rule-marches-on/
-Split 50-50 but Dems represent 41 million more people
-15 states with 38 million ppl elect 30 GOP senators
-California with 40 million ppl elects 2 Dems
-By 2040, 30% of US will elect 70 senators. 70% of US will elect 30 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/01/the-insurrection-was-put-down-the-gop-plan-for-minority-rule-marches-on/
Puerto Rico has 3.1 million US citizens
That's more people than Wyoming, Alaska, North Dakota & South Dakota combined
Yet those states have 8 senators, all Republicans, and Puerto Rico has none
That's more people than Wyoming, Alaska, North Dakota & South Dakota combined
Yet those states have 8 senators, all Republicans, and Puerto Rico has none
“Only way to reverse minority rule is through big structural reforms like abolishing Electoral College, eliminating filibuster, ending partisan gerrymandering, enshrining right to vote in Constitution & giving statehood to Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico” https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/01/the-insurrection-was-put-down-the-gop-plan-for-minority-rule-marches-on/
