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I personally have become a fan of the Wyoming Rule for the House. That seems fair without getting into crazy sizes. I mean, if the US had representation in the

by bena 4y ago

I personally have become a fan of the Wyoming Rule for the House. That seems fair without getting into crazy sizes. I mean, if the US had representation in the same proportion as the UK, they'd have roughly 3300 representatives. The town I grew up currently has a population of 1500. So I can see why we wouldn't do that.

lostlogin 4y ago
That’s not the problem though. Having an elected member represent a larger number of people is fine. However having a rural candidate represent less voters than an urban candidate is terrible. Wherever you vote it should be worth the same. The system hasn’t kept pace with demographic changes. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/05/31/u-s-population-keeps-growing-but-house-of-representatives-is-same-size-as-in-taft-era/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/05/31/u-s-populat...