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Reply #61: the Senate is one of the most anti-democratic institutions in the world
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ulTRAX
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Wed Feb-23-05 10:41 AM
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61. the Senate is one of the most anti-democratic institutions in the world |
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Edited on Wed Feb-23-05 10:42 AM by ulTRAX
It doesn't matter if the Senate is now elected by direct vote. It's a vote weighing scheme in which 15% of the US population gets 50% of the seats. Soon that will be 10%. A citizen's vote in Wyoming weighs 38X that of a citizen in California.
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