Yes, it's a map of the Dakotas, but if you look carefully you'll see, in the middle of South Dakota, the label "Manhattan" and an arrow pointing at a brighter green sliver superimposed on the map just a bit to the east of the Missouri River. This shows how the area of Manhattan Island, which is about 13 miles long and 2 miles wide, compares to that of the Dakotas.
The site where I saw this map shows another, too: Manhattan, big enough now to be color-coded in order to depict a "North Manhattan," with a population equal to that of North Dakota, and a "South Manhattan," with a population equal to that of South Dakota. The east-west boundary between them bisects Central Park, and the northern boundary of "North Manhattan" doesn't extend to the northern tip of the island—because Manhattan's population is somewhat greater than that of the Dakotas, combined.
Matt Coneybeare, proprietor of the site, doesn't say it explicitly, but I will: it's ridiculous that the Dakotas have four US senators while the residents of Manhattan share two US senators with around 6.5 million New Yorkers who live in the city's other four boroughs. And of course this somewhat understates the mockery of democratic representation—there are an additional 11-million-and-some New York residents who don't live in the city.
Since New York isn't the biggest state, and the Dakotas aren't the smallest, the same point can be made with arguably more outlandish examples. Los Angeles County has a population of 9.83 million, which is more than that of 40 states. It's also more than that of the ten smallest states combined. While those ten smallest states have 20 US senators, the people of LA County share two with 30 million other Californians.
"But the Constitution!" This would once have been an argument for the three-fifths compromise and the fugitive slave clause. It's not as if the framers never erred, and the world they lived in is gone.
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