It’s not just the Senate. Each state, however small, gets at least three votes in the Electoral College, which ultimately decides the presidency. Wyoming’s 579,000 people—about as many as live in greater Chattanooga—share three electoral votes among them, which means each electoral vote represents about 193,000 Wyomingites. California has almost 40 million people, so each of its fifty-five electoral votes stands for more than 700,000 Californians.
