538: The Senate's Rural Skew Makes It Very Hard For Democrats To Win The Supreme Court
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-senates-rural-skew-makes-it-very-hard-for-democrats-to-win-the-supreme-court/the Senate is an enormous problem for Democrats given the current political coalitions, in which Democrats are dominant in cities while Republicans triumph in rural areas. And because the Senate is responsible for confirming Supreme Court picks, that means the Supreme Court is a huge problem for Democrats too. Sure, Democrats might win back the Senate this year indeed, they were slight favorites to do so before the Ginsburg news. But in the long run, theyre likely to lose it more often than not.
Thekaspervote
(32,606 posts)And make DC a state and hopefully Puerto Rico
onecaliberal
(32,488 posts)Stargleamer
(1,979 posts)Can become states. I know that even then its still really very difficult!
doc03
(35,148 posts)now its a stalemate either states are red or blue. That's how Trump won he did something unions wanted for decades
tariffs. Some Democrats had brought that up before but the Republicans called it protectionism and they backed off. But Trump
ran with it and won.
Fiendish Thingy
(15,369 posts)SCOTUS could be quickly expanded to 15 in 2021, and if Dems lose the senate in 2022 (not a given), the GOP would be helpless to change the new 9-6 liberal majority, unless they gain control of the House (again, unlikely), and even then they could only expand the court, and Im sure President Biden would be happy to fill any new seats they create.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)per 250,000 residents.
If that can't be agreed to, then Blue States should insist on a Constitutional Convention to pursue a new future for USA.
jg10003
(974 posts)The senate must become more representative of the entire country if the union is to survive. Minority rule is not sustainable.