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.
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Replying to @Redistrict
The 18% is the hypothetical worst set of senators; the numbers for the two sides today are that the Republican majority represents 44% of the people and the Democratic minority represents 56% of the people.
L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social @davidbaron
20 Aug 2018
Replying to @sethdmichaels
The actual numbers today (using 2017 census population numbers) are that the 49 Democrats & Independents in the Senate represent 363,971,955 people and the 51 Republicans represent 286,078,457 people. (This adds to 2x population of US minus DC, since 2 senators per person.)

Sep 28, 2018 · 4:10 AM UTC
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