SilverSurfer -- I was and remain correct -- "populous" means just that -- back then, unlike now, even in the more populous states not that many lived in any larger urban areas; most lived in rural/small town areas -- and the concept also had absolutely nothing to do with who did or didn't "represent the bigger nation"
Greensburg, KS - 5/4/07
"Eternal vigilance is the price of Liberty."
from John Philpot Curran, Speech
upon the Right of Election, 1790
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