• stanleytweedle@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’ve had some fun getting people to explain to me why rural states should be over represented. They commit so hard to the idea of protecting the rural minority from more populous areas, then ask them why other minorities shouldn’t be provided the same protection. Then they get mad.

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    1 year ago

    I’m not sure I like the idea of having three representatives from a district. I think that’s a recipe to have the gerrymandered party have 3x power.

    However, I am all for increasing the size of Congress. Double it! Then plan on adding some seats for every census.

    Simply doubling the size of the House would reduce (but not eliminate!) The advantage smaller states have in the EC. And adding a few seats for every census could reduce the chance that a state has to give up a seat.