How Political Parties Rig Elections
Published on Sep 30, 2015
Whether you support political parties or not, one thing we should all agree on is that the public election process should serve voters. Over the course of our history, voter discrimination has taken many forms. Today, both parties have engaged in a “voting rights” debate related to “voter access” and “voter fraud.” But rarely do we ask fundamental questions about the process itself, like why do our representatives seem to serve their party more than the voters in the first place?
U.S. States By Population 2017
No | ||
01 | California | 39,506,094 |
02 | Texas | 28,295,553 |
03 | Florida | 20,979,964 |
04 | New York | 19,743,395 |
05 | Pennsylvania | 12,776,550 |
06 | Illinois | 12,764,031 |
07 | Ohio | 11,623,656 |
08 | Georgia | 10,421,344 |
09 | North Carolina | 10,258,390 |
10 | Michigan | 9,938,885 |
11 | New Jersey | 8,953,517 |
12 | Virginia | 8,456,029 |
13 | Washington | 7,415,710 |
14 | Arizona | 7,044,577 |
15 | Massachusetts | 6,839,318 |
16 | Tennessee | 6,707,332 |
17 | Indiana | 6,653,338 |
18 | Missouri | 6,109,796 |
19 | Maryland | 6,037,911 |
20 | Wisconsin | 5,789,525 |
21 | Colorado | 5,632,271 |
22 | Minnesota | 5,557,469 |
23 | South Carolina | 5,027,404 |
24 | Alabama | 4,872,725 |
25 | Louisiana | 4,694,372 |
26 | Kentucky | 4,449,337 |
27 | Oregon | 4,162,296 |
28 | Oklahoma | 3,939,708 |
29 | Connecticut | 3,568,174 |
30 | Iowa | 3,147,389 |
31 | Utah | 3,111,802 |
32 | Arkansas | 2,998,643 |
33 | Nevada | 2,996,358 |
34 | Mississippi | 2,988,062 |
35 | Kansas | 2,907,857 |
36 | New Mexico | 2,081,702 |
37 | Nebraska | 1,920,467 |
38 | West Virginia | 1,821,151 |
39 | Idaho | 1,713,452 |
40 | Hawaii | 1,431,957 |
41 | New Hampshire | 1,339,479 |
42 | Maine | 1,333,505 |
43 | Rhode Island | 1,057,245 |
44 | Montana | 1,052,967 |
45 | Delaware | 960,054 |
46 | South Dakota | 872,989 |
47 | North Dakota | 759,069 |
48 | Alaska | 746,079 |
49 | District of Columbia | 691,963 |
50 | Vermont | 623,100 |
51 | Wyoming | 584,447 |