In about 20 years, half the population will live in eight states

[jg10003]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/07/12/in-about-20-years-half-the-population-will-live-in-eight-states/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.626ff473a780

Eight states will have just under half of the total population of the country, 49.5 percent, according to the Weldon Cooper Center’s estimate. The next eight most populous states will account for an additional fifth of the population, up to 69.2 percent — meaning that the 16 most populous states will be home to about 70 percent of Americans.

This means that 70% of the population will be represented by 32% of the senate. A handful of rural white right wing republicans will make the laws for everyone. Presidents who lose the popular vote but win the electoral vote will become the norm. And all this will happen even if trump is impeached and a Dem is elected in 2020.

How long can such a system survive?

[violetpastille]

1. North Carolina?

Okay, anybody that is thinking of living in North Carolina, please consider Washington State for a minute before you do anything hasty.

[Canoe52]

9. No, not Washington state, horrible here, cloudy, rainy, cold.

You wouldn’t like it here, trust us.

[MFM008]

11. Its awful

I wouldnt recommend it to ANY republicans.....

[The Conductor]

12. I loved it...

There was a little rain. I'm from Milwaukee; you want the snow?

[samnsara]

13. ...well HALF the state..the other half is dry desert and mtns...

...wildlife...forests...volcanos...So Nope.. don't come here...

[violetpastille]

14. Ha ha ha. WA-03 Here. I welcome all newbies. Especially Democrats.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

25. That's right.

We have earthquakes AND Bigfoot.

[pangaia]

26. :))))))))))))))))

Good one..


Like calling that place ICELAND !!!

[BigmanPigman]

2. You know what else is happening in 20 years...

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2040 is the beginning of the end for the planet if Climate Change isn't drastically slowed by then. Maybe some of those states will have changing populations due to climate change and all the factors related to it.

[DetlefK]

4. The central states of the US are running out of groundwater. Farming there will die.

The agrarian industries are sucking the US dry faster than rains can refill the aquifiers. I have read estimates that a tipping-point will come in 20-30 years, when farming will become unsustainable.

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[BigmanPigman]

22. And why aren't they concerned?

Do they think farm subsidies will continue forever? People are going to be moving to where the jobs are and the jobs will be in new industries so they'd better start changing their thinking now, since we are out of later. The global economy, wars, migration, famine, diseases, etc are on the horizon.

[DetlefK]

29. Because them elitist hoity-toity scientists are saying that. And you can't trust them.

[Duppers]

8. Exactly! nt

[brush]

28. Also around that time demographic change will make us a majority minority nation.

Big changes coming.

[BigmanPigman]

30. I just had that conversation with my neighbor.

The GOP have maneuvered the minority to have the power of the majority for over 20 years. This country is going to be uninhabitable for the majority.

[brush]

31. That's got to end though. Even now in some states there are more POC babies born...

than white babies. Change is coming and with it will be the end of minority repugs running everything as those babies turn into voters.

[BigmanPigman]

32. I wish it would happen in my lifetime.

[DetlefK]

3. The US needs a constitutional amendment to change the number of Senators per State.

For example, in Germany there are 3 to 6 "Senators" per State, depending on the population.

[only my opinion]

5. This will never happen

No state will voluntarily give up over-representation in the Senate and choosing the President.

[2naSalit]

6. Exactly!

[JudyM]

18. And the current Supreme Court certainly wouldn't provide any support.

[machoneman]

15. Yes, ND, SD, ID. MT and a few others should get only 1 Senator. Better...

ND and SD should share only 1 Senator and should a few other combos, based on small populations, like ID and MT. It's a dream but....

[2naSalit]

19. That's pretty much what the House is about

study up, please. We ALL get to have two Senators representing us in the Senate, no matter what state we come from... has something to do with balance and other pesky factors regarding democratic processes.

[2naSalit]

7. Well, seems we're forgetting one giant elephant in the room...

that being sea level rise and climate change in general. The beaches are coming ashore, which is where all these people are, they'll have to go somewhere, and that's inland where all those states you folks want to disenfranchise. That's if we manage to recognize those who would divide just before a crucial election...

I call hogwash.

[Deb]

10. How long would a system last that puts one State above another?

Putin loves this idea.

[Maven]

17. Tyranny of the minority

The majority of citizens will not continue to live under the rule of a dwindling minority that imposes the exact opposite (in terms of policy) of what the majority of people want. Meanwhile, the minority will increasingly turn to authoritarianism as the only means of maintaining their grip on power. That is what we are seeing with Trump.

Putin would love nothing more than for the U.S. to become a one-party state ruled by white male oligarchs who are under his sway. That is where we are headed now.

[Maven]

16. The system that we have isn't sustainable

Which is why I don’t think that the union will survive without major structural changes. Either it will break apart into multiple nations or it will devolve into a full-on authoritarian police state.

[2naSalit]

20. My how depressingly myopic.

welcome to ignore.

[Maven]

21. LOL.

Who asked you?

[cstanleytech]

23. The answer to stop the EC from continuing to do harm to the country like they did

when they appointed Trump over Hillary despite her beating him by 3 million votes is to change the system so that the popular vote wins the office office of President with the VPs office being abolished as there is no need for it imo as we already have a line of succession established incase something happens to a President.

[yurbud]

24. the national popular vote interstate compact may fix electoral college, but senate will be

a lot tougher, short of a constitutional convention or revolution.

[StTimofEdenRoc]

27. Then you do not leave it to the low populations states to decide, you break the big ones.

The new states of
Boston
New York city/state
Atlanta
Dallas Fort Worth
Chicago
San Diego
Los Vegas
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Portland
Puget Sound/Seattle
Phoenix
and so on

South Florida will be under water

But this is not today's problem