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In reply to the discussion: Al Gore: Edward Snowden's 'Important Service' [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)It's one man, one vote. Senators are elected by the people, not by state legislatures. Remember. We amended the Constitution. We are a democracy. That's what we tell the world.
We could be more democratic. We could introduce apportionment of Senate seats. That would give me in California meaningful representation in the Senate. Two senators representing the huge population of California is not justice.
The history of the US is the history of a move toward more and more democracy. Like it or not that is the way it is. First only white men had the vote (in many states only property owners). Then we moved away from the property requirement. Then African-American men were insured the right to vote (at least theoretically and in the Constitution although not in reality in Southern states), then women, then 18-year-olds (used to be 21; I couldn't vote until I was 21 and therefore could not vote for JFK). We have moved toward more and more democracy. We have broadened the voting base. Hurrah for democracy.