Are cows better represented in the Senate than people?
Are cows better represented in the Senate than people?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/16/are-cows-better-represented-senate-than-people/?
I recently stumbled upon a factoid that was news to me: The United States has nine states that are inhabited by more cows than people. Here’s one example:
This bit of information would have passed unnoticed if I hadn’t come across it just as the president was about to face trial in the Senate. As fact and factoid mingled in my brain, an intriguing question emerged: Are cows better represented than people in the Senate?
I decided to check. The Constitution stipulates that each state is represented by two senators, regardless of population. If we add the population of the nine states that have more cows than people and compare that with California, this is what it looks like:
That seems out of balance. Unless, of course, Senate representation is secretly based on the number of cows, not on people. Consider this:
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I interpret Article V of the Constitution as, for one thing, explaining that all states are represented equally in the Senate. Since the basic aim of the Constitution is to found and structure the federal government, which was to be mostly about unifying the states, those states would be given an equal voice in its modification and certain other actions including foreign alliances.
On a more humorous note, those nine states probably have more jackasses than California. I'm referring to the four legged beasts not the Republicans who represent them. 
