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[–] Sconrad122@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

30-40% is not a strong majority, they are just overrepresented thanks to a lot of those "safeguards" the founding fathers put in place. 2 senators per state, electoral college, first past the post, the concept of a supermajority needed for many things of note to even get done all mean that 30% of the electorate can hold the majority by the balls if they are rural landowners whose goals align well with obstructionism