----- Original Message -----
From: "Joshua Bell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 3:37 PM
Subject: RE: Proportional Representation Re: Winner Takes All
> > From: dendriite [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >
> > This is the only example I am aware of (in the US) where
> > voters are not equal.
>
> But what about the senate? Yes, your vote had the same selective power
> as any other vote for the senator in that state, but when your senator
> votes he/she is voting for or against an issue with power that is
> irrespective of population and totally determined by arbitrary lines on
> a map. The vote of a senator from Alaska has the same power as the vote
> of a senator from California, even though they represent a vastly
> different number of people.
>
> Isn't that another example?
WEll, /yeah/ it is, but it's all because of the odd two-part nature of our
legislature - one body represents population, the other represents states.
*shrug*
-j-
