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● Senate: The Electoral College and congressional gerrymandering have gotten lots of attention in recent years for their anti-democratic tendency to allow one of our two major parties to win power even when the other party wins more votes. But new data from Stephen Wolf shows that this problem of minority rule has, over the last three decades, grown deeply entrenched in the U.S. Senate as well.
- Senate Republicans last won more votes than Democrats in 1998 but have won the chamber half the time since 2000 anyway. The results are similar when looking at how many people each party represents: Republicans last represented more Americans than Democrats in 1996 but still won the Senate in seven of the next 13 elections. And it could get even worse after 2024.
- Minority rule in the Senate has led to minority rule in the Supreme Court—with profound consequences. Five of the six conservative justices on the court were confirmed by senates where the GOP majority was elected with fewer votes than Democrats. These justices have restricted abortion rights, shredded voting rights, and preserved Republican gerrymanders, with no end in sight.
- Statehood for Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico could help mitigate the problem. It's also the right thing to do. But Democratic efforts to make D.C. a state failed in 2021 when Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema refused to curtail the filibuster. The issue isn't going away, though, especially if Sinema gets replaced by a pro-reform Democrat.
Republicans have won the Senate half the time since 2000 despite winning fewer votes than Democrats
Even though Democrats retained the Senate—and expanded their majority—in 2022, the results nonetheless marked the continuation of an unwelcome trend: Our new data shows that Senate Republicans last won more votes or represented more Americans than...www.dailykos.com
Republicans: NOT supported by a majority of the American people.
We should all be like California. Speak of, insurance companies are leaving that State's real property market fast path, at least where investment properties are concerned. I know a guy who has 100 or so. His current policy dropped him, and as of now he can't find insurance to cover them short policies that won't cover fire no matter where it is. ILMAO, not even insurance companies want to deal with Ca., but sure, we should all be like California.