Donald A. Ritchie

“What kind of legislative bodies did the Great Compromise create? After the 2020 census, California, the largest state, with nearly 40 million residents, sent 52 members to the House. The 590,000 residents of Wyoming, by contrast, rate only a single representative, yet Wyoming and California both elect two senators. This lopsided equation gives states with small populations a big advantage in the Senate. The 10 states containing half the people in the United States are represented by 239 of the 435 members to the House, but only 20 senators. The forty states with the other half of the population have eighty senators.”
― Donald A. Ritchie, The U.S. Congress: A Very Short Introduction