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Topic	Politics Containment Topic 224: The Congressional Contempt for Political Buggery
red sox 777 05/14/19 3:10:44 AM #277:	xp1337 posted... The two party system is problematic but I'd rate it as less of a problem than the Senate and the Electoral College, though the latter is the reason why we have a two-party system but I just mean the nature of the EC distorting the electorate in much the same way as the Senate. really there are just so many problems and they're getting worse Like to drive the point of how the Senate is by far the biggest problem facing the country: Given population estimates, in 2040, 50% of the population will be in 8 states. So on the flip side half the population will control 84 Senate seats. Going a bit further into it, if you add the next 8 biggest states to the total you're up to ~70% of the population in 16 states. So 30% of the population would control 70% of the Senate. that is an existential crisis Thank God for that. Long live the Senate of the Republic. For 8 states to have half the power would indeed be an existential crisis, but with our system, that can't happen no matter what their population is. --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 Congratulations to DP Oblivion in the Guru Contest! <cite>red sox 777 posted [p:921867627] in Politics C... [t:77687499]...</cite> <quote><cite>xp1337 posted...</cite> <quote>The two party system is problematic but I'd rate it as less of a problem than the Senate and the Electoral College, though the latter is the reason why we have a two-party system but I just mean the nature of the EC distorting the electorate in much the same way as the Senate. really there are just so many problems and they're getting worse Like to drive the point of how the Senate is by far the biggest problem facing the country: Given population estimates, in 2040, 50% of the population will be in 8 states. So on the flip side half the population will control 84 Senate seats. Going a bit further into it, if you add the next 8 biggest states to the total you're up to ~70% of the population in 16 states. So 30% of the population would control 70% of the Senate. that is an existential crisis</quote> Thank God for that. Long live the Senate of the Republic. For 8 states to have half the power would indeed be an existential crisis, but with our system, that can't happen no matter what their population is. --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 Congratulations to DP Oblivion in the Guru Contest!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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