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> This country is fucked without proportional representation. US has 13 states that send only 1 or 2 representatives to the House (6 states: 1, 7 states: 2). T
by sampo 5y ago
> This country is fucked without proportional representation.
US has 13 states that send only 1 or 2 representatives to the House (6 states: 1, 7 states: 2). Then 2 states with 3, and 6 states with 4. At these 21 states, proportional representation would not differ (much) from the current two-party system.
Then again, those 21 states contribute only 50 out of the 435 House representatives, so maybe that wouldn't matter much. Maybe it could work, if the rest 39 states went properly proportional.
- Ericson2314 5y ago> Then again, those 21 states contribute only 50 out of the 435 House representatives, so maybe that wouldn't matter much. Maybe it could work, if the rest 39 states went properly proportional. Yup. I also have no problem increasing the number of House representatives or making multi-state districts.
- manquer 5y agoProportional representation in the state level will solve state problems. National Proportional representation instead of state wise proportional split as common now is needed. If the national legislatures determine national policies, there should be no reason to split representation by state at all. There is every reason to split by actual interests evenly, this is only way minorites views get a voice like californian republicans or Texas democrats It will also break the two party system eventually, people are not binary, neither are their beliefs there won't be need to compromise and go with a dominant party