Idea: 10 biggest states get 3 senators

[The Undefeatable Debbie Stabenow]

It's an interesting idea, but wasn't this population metric even more skewed toward VA/PA/MA/NY vs. the other 9 states at the Founding? 

1790 census:
Virginia (largest state): 748k people
Rhode Island (smallest state): 69k people
ratio: 10.84 to 1

2010 census:
California (largest state): 37.25 mil
Wyoming (smallest state): 564k
ratio: 66.05 to 1

[The Undefeatable Debbie Stabenow]

That defeats the purpose of the Senate, which was to give every state equal power regardless of population.

Doesn't mean that it's actually a good idea to give every state equal power regardless of population.

(Not to mention that the population disparity between the nation's smallest and largest states is much more extreme today than it was in the late 18th century.)