The problem with the senate (aside from the fact that it exists) is that it represents so many “rotten boroughs,” as the English addressed in the Reform Act of 1832. State populations grow wildly unequally, but the borders can never be adjusted to keep the population equal for senate seats.
The problem with the senate (aside from the fact that it exists) is that it represents so many “rotten boroughs,” as the English addressed in the Reform Act of 1832. State populations grow wildly unequally, but the borders can never be adjusted to keep the population equal for senate seats.
Even though Dakota Territory shouldn’t have been split in the first place, South Dakota still had a larger population in 1890 than a handful of existing states like Oregon, Delaware, Vermont, and Rhode Island. But then the population of the rural plains stagnated over the next century, while the borders and senate representation remained the same.
The problem with the senate (aside from the fact that it exists) is that it represents so many “rotten boroughs,” as the English addressed in the Reform Act of 1832. State populations grow wildly unequally, but the borders can never be adjusted to keep the population equal for senate seats.
Even though Dakota Territory shouldn’t have been split in the first place, South Dakota still had a larger population in 1890 than a handful of existing states like Oregon, Delaware, Vermont, and Rhode Island. But then the population of the rural plains stagnated over the next century, while the borders and senate representation remained the same.