The Government ought to possess not only 1st the force but 2nd the mind or sense of the people at large. The Legislature ought to be the most exact transcript of the whole Society. Representation is made necessary only because it is impossible for the people to act collectively. The opposition was to be expected he said from the Governments, not from the Citizens of the States..
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James Wilson, as recorded in James Madison’s notes on the Constitutional Convention, June 6, 1787
When one party wins the popular vote for the House of Representatives by over a million votes, but the other party still ends up with a majority, do we have the most exact transcription of the whole society?
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