The average Democratic state has one senator for every 3 million people. The average Republican state has one senator for every 1.8 million people. In other words, Republican states have roughly 1.6 times more proportional power than Democratic states. Purple states lean closer to the average of Democratic states with one senator for every 2.9 million people.
Read MoreI am currently working on an article about the 1747 election in Worcester, which I’m titling "Corruption, Disenfranchisement, and Political Culture: The Worcester Election of 1747.” Linda Colley once recognized this election as the pinnacle of Tory influence and corruption in the provinces. My article offers Worcester as a case study of political culture at mid-century. In it, I link national politics to local affairs by analyzing the practices of enfranchisement and disenfranchisement as well as the cultural objects generated in response to the election, including poems, prints, porcelain, and architecture.
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