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To: Clean_Sweep

No, it wouldn’t. You’re talking about something completely different. In the 1960s, SCOTUS ordered state legislative bodies redistricted to reflect population, not per county as it often used to be. You’d have to alter that via Constitutional Amendment, and that wouldn’t get a single vote because it would be seen as mass disenfranchisement of urban dwellers (left-wingers). However, changing it to reflect population has proven a travesty, where now one or two urban Democrat counties can overrule the desires of the entirety of a given state. Most egregiously in states like Delaware, IL, MI, NV, OR, PA, VA, WI.


123 posted on 08/31/2016 2:36:18 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Sorry your wrong. I said counties just for the ease of providing a conceptual understanding. It doesn’t matter if it’s counties or districts. The fact remains that places like Pa have both houses of gov controlled by rural areas but state wide elections go to the Dems because of the population bases in urban areas. If the Pa house and senate selected our Senators we would have 2 GOP senators and always would have 2 GOP senators.


125 posted on 08/31/2016 4:26:51 PM PDT by Clean_Sweep
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