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by scarface74 1127 days ago
Citizens don’t. Because of two senators per state, people in sparsely populated states have far more power than people living in larger states.

Even within states since people are concentrated in urban areas, it’s easy for the minority to engage in gerrymandering so that the rural population voting power is more than urban voters.

That’s not to mention the fact that even in conservative states, on singular issues like abortion, drug legalization and the right for felons to vote, the population runs to the left of the legislation. When those initiatives are put on the ballot, they win. So the legislators in those states are making it harder for initiatives to get on the ballots.

You can look at states like Texas that are taking more power out of the hands of the city.

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4007362-texas-passe...