And, 60% of the Senate now represents just 24% of the country’s population. This penalty for Dems is on full display in 2018: https://t.co/qmCDpXQkLy
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) August 20, 2018
Blazing Take: The Senate is an unconstitutional violation of the principle of democratic equality (one person, one vote). https://t.co/Qyu1Q8WOXM
— Brian Ted Jones (@briantedjones) August 20, 2018
A long-term problem for Democrats: a majority of the Senate now represents 18% of the country’s population.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) August 20, 2018
For all the gerrymandering in the House, it's actually the Senate that's vastly more unrepresentative. The fact it's remotely close owes to 11 red-state Dem senators – almost entirely up in 2018 – who have hung on thanks to an extraordinary combination of skill & luck.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) August 20, 2018
If that red-state Dem dam breaks – and it *could* in November – we could be headed for a Senate that's largely accountable to a white, rural, pro-Trump minority of the country. At some point, the coastal/urban majority could run out of patience – threatening democratic stability.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) August 20, 2018
update today (9/27) after the Ford/Kavanaugh hearing:
To Dems who can’t believe what they’re watching, remember: a majority of the Senate now represents 18% of the population & answers to a subset of voters that is considerably whiter, redder and more rural than the nation as a whole. That’s the reality of our times.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) September 27, 2018
update 10/1/18:
As the Senate votes on Kavanaugh's confirmation, let's remember the same amount of people live in Los Angeles as these 7 rural, mostly white states. They have 14 Senators while LA shares 2 with the rest of California.
We don't live in a democracy where everyone has an equal say. pic.twitter.com/3oaGGjGmRQ
— Waleed Shahid (@_waleedshahid) September 28, 2018
Sad! 