A lot has been made lately of the "every vote is equal" prinicple, mostly to argue that Florida and Michigan must be accorded their full delegate tally in the interest of fairness. What such arguments ignore is the fact that even in "enfranchised" states, not every vote is equal; for instance, a single delegate from Utah represents far fewer votes than a single delegate from Wisconsin.
So which states are the most "enfranchised"? Here's a full list of all states which held primaries so far this year and their vpd (votes per delegate, calculated by dividing the total number of votes cast in a state by that state's number of pledged delegates) ratios. I included Florida and Michigan twice--once with a full delegate slate, and once with delegates halved. Feel free to draw your own conclusions, I just think that vpd ratios are a relevant data point which ought to be taken into account in the Michigan/Florida debates.
Michigan (full)--4643.5
Utah--5713 vpd
Delaware--6425 vpd
Louisiana--6743 vpd
Connecticut--7386 vpd
New York--8028 vpd
Arizona--8136 vpd
Arkansas--8480.5 vpd
Rhode Island--8878 vpd
Tennessee--9187.5 vpd
Michigan (halved)--9361 vpd
Florida (full)--9459 vpd
Vermont--10,310 vpd
Alabama--10,320 vpd
New Jersey--10,665.5 vpd
Oklahoma--10,979 vpd
Missouri--11,459 vpd
Oregon--11,788.5 vpd
South Carolina--11,827 vpd
Virginia--11,882 vpd
Georgia--12,193 vpd
Maryland--12,545 vpd
West Virginia--12,742.5 vpd
New Hampshire--13,070 vpd
Mississippi--13,155 vpd
Illinois--13,324 vpd
Massachusetts--13,501.5 vpd
California--13,694.5 vpd
Kentucky--13,748 vpd
North Carolina--13,773 vpd
Pennsylvania--14,599 vpd
Texas--14,862.5 vpd
Wisconsin--15,044.5 vpd
Ohio--15,779.5 vpd
Indiana--17,570 vpd
Florida (halved)--18,918 vpd
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