Comment Not everyone should equal when it comes to voting (Score 1) 413
Government purports to represent voters, but it's unclear whether that's the best solution. In the US, the government represent the concerns of people in a particular area, and that area happens to have voters in it.
The US Senate is designed to give equal representation to states, no matter how big or small. Puny states like MD or RI have as much voting power as NY and CA. Fair? No, if you count "fairness" by "representative based on population."
However, the Senate is fair if you count them as representatives of the States.
Likewise for Congressional districts. A Rep represents a district, and by extension the voters in a district.
By representing by straight vote count you will over-represent urban voters, which is exactly what's happening in most of the states today. That's bad for a number of reasons, the first being that concerns of urban voters are different than concerns of rural voters; the urban voters will always win on a straight up-and-down vote.
While this may seem great to the urbanistas, a bit of reflection should enlighten you as to why this would be a bad idea.