Florida voters are the least influential among all 50 states in the U.S., according to a new study released by WalletHub Monday.
With each state having two seats in the Senate, Florida’s votes are weakened exponentially because each of its senators must represent tens of millions more residents compared to Wyoming which has a population of less than 600,000, authors of the study say.
Like Florida which ranks 50th, New York, California and Texas voters are among the least influential, ranking 49, 48 and 47, respectively.
Voters in Wyoming, Vermont and Alaska are among the most powerful in the country, owing in large part to their small population size.
To determine each state’s ranking, the study calculated the number of elected officials in the federal government per adult population in each state for the most recent elections. Year-over-year comparisons were also conducted of the same calculations.
“Brilliant though our Founding Fathers were at framing the Constitution, America in 2014 is far more different from what it was. Some of those key differences, as they relate to our political system, include population sizes and concentrations, voter eligibility, the strength of our union and even the communication tools we have at our disposal. The question to ask now is whether it’s time for a change,” the study’s authors say.
See more WalletHub study results HERE.
