(des)mosthenes@lemmy.world to Data is Beautiful@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoThis is what the United States looks like if you scale states by populationlemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1264arrow-down15
arrow-up1259arrow-down1external-linkThis is what the United States looks like if you scale states by populationlemmy.world(des)mosthenes@lemmy.world to Data is Beautiful@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squaretentphone@lemmy.fmhy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-21 year agoFun fact: The population of the entire state of Wyoming is about the same as that of the 100th largest city in the US Wyoming: 576,851 Scranton, PA metro area: 567,559
minus-square(des)mosthenes@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·1 year agoAn elector in Wyoming represents around 150,000 voters, whereas a California elector represents the votes of some 500,000 residents. That makes their votes over 3 times more powerful… lol
minus-squaresome_guy@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoAny yet those assholes get the same number of senators as California. Wildly out-of-balance system.
Fun fact: The population of the entire state of Wyoming is about the same as that of the 100th largest city in the US
Wyoming: 576,851
Scranton, PA metro area: 567,559
An elector in Wyoming represents around 150,000 voters, whereas a California elector represents the votes of some 500,000 residents. That makes their votes over 3 times more powerful… lol
Any yet those assholes get the same number of senators as California. Wildly out-of-balance system.