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The founders did not have a situation in which we have nearly 40 million people in one state, and 588K in another
They did. When Kentucky was admitted to the Union the population was around 73k. The official population of Virginia was 747,610. Virginia had 10x the population of Kentucky when Kentucky was admitted.
Admitted in 1792. Five years after the Constitution. Eight years later in 1800, they were at 220K and 807K. Seems like it didn’t maintain 10x for very long. Assuming the census before being admitted was even accurate, but maybe there really was some kind of land rush in those 10 years.
Still a long way off from one state having 67 times another, and maintaining that kind of wild disparity for decade upon decade. I’m supposing that if Virginia-Kentucky grew to that level - or even stayed at the level of 10x - in the lifetimes of the founders, they might have commented on it, though.
At what point does that become untenable in a supposed democracy? Maybe anything under 10x is something that can be tolerated. 67 just seems cartoonish, and I don’t see that ratio changing any time soon.
If you point at 10 people standing in a square somewhere, and say they get 2 people to represent them, while this other set of 670 people standing in a different square also get 2, most people would find that rather baffling.
They did. When Kentucky was admitted to the Union the population was around 73k. The official population of Virginia was 747,610. Virginia had 10x the population of Kentucky when Kentucky was admitted.
Admitted in 1792. Five years after the Constitution. Eight years later in 1800, they were at 220K and 807K. Seems like it didn’t maintain 10x for very long. Assuming the census before being admitted was even accurate, but maybe there really was some kind of land rush in those 10 years.
Still a long way off from one state having 67 times another, and maintaining that kind of wild disparity for decade upon decade. I’m supposing that if Virginia-Kentucky grew to that level - or even stayed at the level of 10x - in the lifetimes of the founders, they might have commented on it, though.
At what point does that become untenable in a supposed democracy? Maybe anything under 10x is something that can be tolerated. 67 just seems cartoonish, and I don’t see that ratio changing any time soon.
If you point at 10 people standing in a square somewhere, and say they get 2 people to represent them, while this other set of 670 people standing in a different square also get 2, most people would find that rather baffling.