Then what do you think those people do? They’re not all out there being homeless, you can’t be homeless in the country like you can in the city. They’re mostly ag workers OR in industries that support ag like equipment repair and large animal vets. The high school I went to literally had classes on animal husbandry because a bunch of us were expected to wind up doing that. Stop disrespecting these people then wondering why they take up with someone who can at least fake it. There might be more immigrants but those are still people who do jobs that are important and a big part of the reason that they support dumb shit is because dems don’t look out for them either. They enact ecological policies (which are important) but without placing restrictions on corporate farming to prevent them from getting pushed out by not being able to compete. That’s how they get talked into shit that “supports small businesses” even if it’s bullshit.
That doesn’t mean their vote should count more than people in the cities.
The problem is that they get a double bonus on the national stage because of the Senate AND the disproportionate representation in the House due to it being capped at 435 members. This means they have an outsized influence on all three branches. Electoral College for president, Senate AND House because of the House being capped at 435 members, and the nomination process for justices including SCOTUS.
If the House was truly proportional to population it would be better. Making the second place in the presidential election the vice president again would be even better since they can break the ties in the Senate. If the presidential election was changed just straight up popular vote that would make it so the only advantage for a state is the Senate and that would be plenty.
THAT is the part of this that makes some sense. I would argue that instead we need to enfranchise all the inmates and immigrants THEN rebalance, however.
Then what do you think those people do? They’re not all out there being homeless, you can’t be homeless in the country like you can in the city. They’re mostly ag workers OR in industries that support ag like equipment repair and large animal vets. The high school I went to literally had classes on animal husbandry because a bunch of us were expected to wind up doing that. Stop disrespecting these people then wondering why they take up with someone who can at least fake it. There might be more immigrants but those are still people who do jobs that are important and a big part of the reason that they support dumb shit is because dems don’t look out for them either. They enact ecological policies (which are important) but without placing restrictions on corporate farming to prevent them from getting pushed out by not being able to compete. That’s how they get talked into shit that “supports small businesses” even if it’s bullshit.
That doesn’t mean their vote should count more than people in the cities.
The problem is that they get a double bonus on the national stage because of the Senate AND the disproportionate representation in the House due to it being capped at 435 members. This means they have an outsized influence on all three branches. Electoral College for president, Senate AND House because of the House being capped at 435 members, and the nomination process for justices including SCOTUS.
If the House was truly proportional to population it would be better. Making the second place in the presidential election the vice president again would be even better since they can break the ties in the Senate. If the presidential election was changed just straight up popular vote that would make it so the only advantage for a state is the Senate and that would be plenty.
THAT is the part of this that makes some sense. I would argue that instead we need to enfranchise all the inmates and immigrants THEN rebalance, however.
We can do all of that at the same time!