• Wyoming Area: 253,335 km2

  • United Kingdom area: 244,376 km2

  • Wyoming population: 576,851 (2020)

  • Glasgow urban area population: 632,350 (2020)

    • the_artic_one@programming.devEnglish
      131·
      3 months ago

      The Senate was the solution, the house is meant to be population based but they ran out of space in the chamber and capped it instead of just building a bigger room so now Wyoming is massively overrepresented.

          • John_McMurray@lemmy.worldEnglish
            111·
            3 months ago

            Wyoming is massively overrepresented.

            You want less than one congressman per state or what? California has 40 or 50, there’s like 5 states with one congressman. Spare me the crocodile tears about you’re so under represented.

            • ripcord@lemmy.worldEnglish
              71·
              3 months ago

              They weren’t suggesting that there be less than one congressman in Wyoming. You seem to have entirely ignored the actual suggestion they were making, which seems difficult.

              • John_McMurray@lemmy.worldEnglish
                111·
                3 months ago

                Nah. They were just crying because they think their team will have an easier time pushing someone else’s team around if certain states get even more congressmen

        • the_artic_one@programming.devEnglish
          3·
          3 months ago

          And that one congressman represents 500k people, Meanwhile each of Florida’s represents 800k people. Why should the people of Florida’s votes be worth 60% of a Wyoming voter’s? Why should we not just give Florida 11 more congresspeople so it’s even?

    • jumjummy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      Take a look at https://www.thegreenpapers.com/Census10/FedRep.phtml?sort=Elec#table

      California has 678,945 residents per elected representative versus Wyoming’s 284,150, meaning that Wyoming’s residents have an almost 3x voice. Wyoming is the most represented state by population ratio and California is last.

      As others have said, that’s what the senate was for, while the House should have a static ratio across all states with the count increasing by total national population.

      • John_McMurray@lemmy.worldEnglish
        17·
        3 months ago

        boo fucking hoo. they have 40 plus representatives, Wyoming is a big state. 2 senators and a congressman. Person could easily argue a Californians vote is worth much more, that state has a whole team going in the house. the ratio is basically static, except for states that no longer the population to get one. Like do you want Wyoming and north dakota to share a house member? That’s not practical either.

        • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          52·
          3 months ago

          Wyoming is a big state.

          In area, sure, but most of it is empty or populated by more cows than humans. You’re basically saying that empty land and cows deserve equal representation to humans.

          Person could easily argue a Californians vote is worth much more

          You could, but you’d be very very wrong. A third as much is not more.

          Like do you want Wyoming and north dakota to share a house member?

          Wouldn’t be any more stupid than the current situation 🤷

            • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
              61·
              3 months ago

              So where do you think I’m from?

              By your own logic, I’d guess you’re from somewhere with more livestock than people and a severely underfunded education system.

                  • John_McMurray@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    18·
                    3 months ago

                    i am so surprised you’d immediately say that. just shocked. You’ve quite the grasp of west coast slang and politics that’s either method acting or bullshit,