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For many US offices, such as state and federal legislators (except federal senators), the districts need to have approximately equal populations - each voter ne
by wolverine876 2y ago
For many US offices, such as state and federal legislators (except federal senators), the districts need to have approximately equal populations - each voter needs approximately the same fractional influence in the legislature. Counties don't have equal populations.
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- bobthepanda 2y agowe could move to proportional voting per county.
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- anonfordays 2y agoYes! So with the model I mentioned, there would be fractional influence as well! So LA County would likely be its own district, and it would have more voting power than several Central Valley counties combined.
- wolverine876 2y agoFor the US House of Representatives, I think the current setup (approximately equal representation) is in the Constitution. It would be hard to change.