“given the increasing difference in size between the largest and smallest states, combined with other changes in the american political context[,] any effects of senate apportionment are greater today than in the past. by reference to the one person, one vote standard, the senate is the most malapportioned legislature in the world . . currently wyoming, with fewer than half a million residents, enjoys the same level of representation as california, with more than 30 million.”

which of the following statements best summarizes the author’s argument?

a. the electoral college failed to anticipate growing population differences in small and large states, leading to unequal representation in the house of representatives

b. the three-fifths compromise gave small states too much representation in the senate, leading more filibusters

c. the great compromise failed to anticipate growing population differences in small and large states, leaving matters unresolved

d. the amendment process detailed in article v gave large states an unfair advantage in ratifying new amendments in the senate