Well, we can have the same discussion the American founding fathers had, if you want.

Thesis: If more people live in New York than live in Iowa, then New York should have more representation.

The issue's complicated by the (then more important) fact that the states are in many ways sovereign entities unto themselves. The complicated balancing act they decided on is the electoral college.

Not convinced, however, that what was right in 1794 is right in 2004.