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I am from a country which has 1 representative per around 5000 residents in the national assembly. There are around 10-13 representatives per constituency with
by runarberg 5y ago
I am from a country which has 1 representative per around 5000 residents in the national assembly. There are around 10-13 representatives per constituency with additional seats handed to parties that are underrepresented given the national popular vote.
Even though this is around 140 times more representative then the USA, and the party distribution is a lot more reflective of the popular vote then in the USA (or the UK for that matter), people are still complaining that it is not good enough. There is a huge popular support for uniting the constituencies into just a single national constituency. E.g. people don’t see the point in having the local representatives on the national assembly. And I agree with it.
That said, if the people in the USA disagree with this (or think it is not applicable in the USA) and demand a local representative. The 700,000 residents per representative is kind of ridiculous. It is so low that it begs some questions about what we consider a true democracy. Even China (a country most people don’t consider democratic) has around 500,000 residents per representative in their national assembly (40% more representative then the USA).