[AnimalMuppet]

> Except we're not pretending like they don't matter. We're pretending they have a proportionate say.

Well... they don't have a proportionate say, if by "proportionate" you mean "in proportion to their population". They have less say then that.

But they also don't have a proportionate say if you mean "in proportion to their only being one state out of fifty". They have more say than that.

All of which is by design. Whining about it now is just sour grapes. Now, if people had been complaining about it since they first learned about it in junior high civics class, then I'd be more inclined to grant them that they have a principled position...