How many state legislators are there?
Answer: 7,383
http://www.ncsl.org/research/about-state-legislatures/number-of-legislators-and-length-of-terms.aspx
From a population of 325,000,000 people, there are on average 607477 people per each of Congress’ 535 Members and 44020 per each of the 7,383 state legislators.
Counting only State Representatives (5,411) and Congressional Representatives (435), the respective populations they cover on average are 59,139 and 735,632.
A broad and thorough study by the AFFT concluded that it takes about 3,000 activists on average per each district of Congress to turn the Congressional district’s Member to an issue of concern.
As a percentage of constituents averaging 735,632 persons per Congressional District (CD), 3,000 activists make up 0.4% (less than 1 out of every 20 persons) of the people in the CD.
Projecting this percentage (0.4%) onto the average number of constituents (59,139) per each of the 5,411 State Representatives makes 241 activists needed on average per State Representative.
Get that? Between 200 and 300 activists can get a State Representative on the same page with a Conservative Agenda.
BUT ....
Can Leftist Activists do the same?
The answer is no, why?
Because Leftist Activists concentrate in the urban areas whereas Conservative Activists concentrate in smaller towns, cities and rural areas.
Conservatives therefore have the home field advantage when teaming with their State Legislators.
The problem is that State Legislators are powerless until they self-organize to assert Article V. The first business of Article V that State Legislators will naturally warm to is amending the US Constitution to bring back State Legislator power in balance with Federal Government. An Amendment to “Redress the Balance of Powers and Restore Effective Sufferage of States With Respect to all Branches of the Federal Government”.
A must-see video regarding this subject is given by Mark Levin to a gathering of state legislators:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdZuV8JnvvA
My rat US senator, Bill Nelson, doesn't answer my polite emails.
I get form responses from my representative and US Senator Marco Rubio.
Last summer, I spent almost an hour with my FL state Assemblyman discussing Article V.
There is no reason not to petition our state reps and senators.