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<p>Since low population states have more per-capita power in the
Senate, Birdsell's suggested demographic shift is not good news
for those who would like to remove the Electoral College from the
Constitution because low population states would have more
incentive to vote against the change. If the Electoral College is
to be removed, sooner rather than later is preferable.</p>
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<p><b>Ken</b></p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 03/05/2018 10:39 AM, Ron Force
wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CAFuBBG09QGs-25Qf+NAZoznba39OcvohUsNyUB6siQePi+jHPA@mail.gmail.com">
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<div dir="auto">Since
<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-size:small;display:inline">conviction needs a
2/3rds vote by the senate, Trump has nothing to worry about.
The rest of us...well...</div>
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style="font-size:small;display:inline"><br>
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<ul
style="font-size:19.2px;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;list-style:disc
outside none;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">
<li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:5px 10px"><strike
style="box-sizing:border-box">178.4</strike><span> </span><strong
style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bold">180.8</strong><span> </span>million
people are represented by the<span> </span><strike
style="box-sizing:border-box">48</strike><span> </span><strong
style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bold">49</strong><span> </span>senators
who caucus with the Democrats.</li>
<li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:5px 10px"><strike
style="box-sizing:border-box">144.1</strike><span> </span><strong
style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bold">141.7</strong><span> </span>million
people are represented by the<span> </span><strike
style="box-sizing:border-box">52</strike><span> </span><strong
style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bold">51</strong><span> </span>senators
who caucus with the Republicans.</li>
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color="#000000"><span style="font-size:19.2px">
<p
style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:20px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.8em;margin:0px
auto
18px;max-width:100%;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Buried
at the bottom of<span> </span><a
href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-variedand-globalthreats-confronting-democracy-1511193763"
style="box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(25,85,165);border-bottom:1px
solid
rgb(213,213,213);zoom:1;font-size:inherit;margin-bottom:18px;line-height:1.8em"
moz-do-not-send="true">a recent column</a>, the
Wall Street Journal’s Gerald Seib relayed a nugget
of data he’d picked up.</p>
<p
style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:20px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.8em;margin:0px
auto
18px;max-width:100%;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">“David
Birdsell, dean of the school of public and
international affairs at Baruch College, notes that
by 2040, about 70% of Americans are expected to live
in the 15 largest states,” Seib wrote. “They will
have only 30 senators representing them, while the
remaining 30% of Americans will have 70 senators
representing them.”</p>
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<div class="gmail_extra"><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 5, 2018 8:23 AM, "Tom Hansen"
<<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">thansen@moscow.com</a>> wrote:<br
type="attribution">
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.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="auto">. . . How soon after they are sworn in (in
January) will impeachment proceedings begin?
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<div>I’m guessin’ that, if the Democrats do gain such a
majority, the U.S. Congress ( for the first time in
history) will convene every day through the holiday
break, including Christmas day. Trump won’t be
available, though. He’ll be busy packing his bags for
his move to Moscow (the one in Russia).<br>
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<div><span
style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Seeya
'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div>
<div><span
style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br>
</span></div>
<div><span
style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"Moscow
Cares" (the most fun you can have with your
pants on)</span></div>
<div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/"
style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><font
color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div>
<div><span
style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span></div>
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<div><span
style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Tom
Hansen</span></div>
<div><span
style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Moscow,
Idaho</span></div>
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