@pratik Unfortunately they are distributed such that they punch far above their numbers in our political system.

Not that this argument would really work, but I think we should go back to the “Founders Intent” with the Senate and distribute Senators at the ratio between the most populace and least populous states in 1789. Between the solid blue states and the admission of DC and Puerto Rico, the Dems would have a lock on 17 compared with the Republicans 10, with 3 up for grabs in the purple states. It wouldn't be enough to completely fix the problem, but it would make control of the Senate a lot more competitive. (With the current numbers, the Dems would have a solid 64 to the Republican's 63, again with 3 up for grabs).