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This is sad, and seems intentional by the GOP. If they can get people to leave states with shitty laws and force them to concentrate in a select few states then more states will end up red with the same amount of disproportionate representation. I personally think this is a broader plan to stay in power even as demographics trend away from supporting the GOP.
Canadian here.
Does each state get the same number of seats regardless of the population of that state?
Yes and no. The US system is a bastardized version of the British system but with States replacing nobility. So the UK has a House of Lords which corresponds to the US Senate, and a House of Commons that corresponds to the US Congress. The number of congressional representatives each state gets is based on population as in theory Congress represents the people of each state. The Senate in contrast has a fixed number of representatives per state and in theory represents the will of the state. The whole thing gets a little muddled because senators are still elected by the people of the state, but since they aren't based on population so you can play shenanigans like what's being discussed in this thread.
Realistically the Senate should be abolished, it's entire reason for existing is fundamentally flawed.
Congress is the collective name for the legislative branch consisting of the Senate which is the American equivalent of the House of Lords and the House of Representatives which corresponds to the House of Commons.