Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Vote

532,668 people reside in Wyoming (2008 estimate), and they get 2 senators and 1 representative. Washington D.C. has 591,833 (2008 estimate) residents, no senators, and one non voting delegate in the House. A population over 11% larger than that of the entire state of Wyoming, and no vote in Congress.

$20 billion have been paid in federal taxes in 2007 by D.C. residents: the highest per-capita in the U.S. On average D.C. residents paid over $34 thousand compared to the runner-up, Delaware, at less than $20 thousand per resident. Wyoming pays on average less than $10 thousand per resident. (FY2007 Federal Tax Revenue)

Depending on which polls you go by, anywhere from 61% to 82% of Americans support D.C. voting rights.

Let's hope this is a good week.