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The fear was that the large states would overpower if they got representation by population.

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Q: What was the fear of the small states as the Constitution was being written?
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When the constitution was written the idea for two senators was a compromise between the small and large states. The small states were afraid the larger states would dominate the political process and be unable to be equally relevant and represented.


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Political power. Large population states threatened to overwhelm the voices of the small population states. In addition, if you expand the definition of "large vs small," the economically larger states threaten the economically less wealthy states.