> Sadly, it's not even that - we don't have a popular vote, so not all votes have the same weight
The vast majority of elective public offices in the US are directly elected by popular vote.
The vast majority of elective public offices in the US are directly elected by popular vote.
And even in the House, where at least some effort is made to scale the number of representatives by population, California has only 53 representatives to Wyoming's 1, which still means each Wyoming resident has 1.5 times as much influence over the House as each California resident.