[ALotOfBees]

It's funny that you mention Alaska, because they are the #1 overall state when it comes to Senate and Electoral College "voter power". As you said, they get the same Senate representation despite having a fraction of the population of NJ. In addition, each vote cast in Alaska counts far more towards the presidential election than a vote in NJ does.

[vonzeppelin]

This is mainly because Congress will not increase the size of the House of Representatives. If we were to give Wyoming a single representative and used that as the bar for how many citizens a representative should actually represent then California would have 82 members in the House instead of 53. California would be worth 84 points in the Electoral College while Wyoming would still only be worth 3.

[hellojesus]

That's because the federal level is supposed to only deal with federal matters and be nonexistent elsewhere.

Each state has the same weight in the senate because they are all equal players in that space.

The house has the bias towards population.

Most regulation is supposed to take place at the state level.

[joshstrange]

> Each state has the same weight in the senate because they are all equal players in that space.

Except they represent wildly different populations and all have equal say in the senate.

> The house has the bias towards population.

One that has been capped by the DC Admission Act and perverted by gerrymandering.

> Most regulation is supposed to take place at the state level.

Says who? How in the world does that work for things like pollution (which isn't stopped at state lines) or basic rights such as the right to love who you love and/or get married?