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> If we could somehow get rid of partisan primaries, the filibuster, and expand the house by several factors Honestly, just fixing the absurd gerrymandering (o
by disgruntledphd2 2y ago
> If we could somehow get rid of partisan primaries, the filibuster, and expand the house by several factors
Honestly, just fixing the absurd gerrymandering (on both sides) would help with this. In basically every other developed country the governments have no powers to draw the electoral boundaries, which seems to work better.
- SmirkingRevenge 2y agoGetting rid of gerrymandering is certainly the right thing to do, but surprisingly it won't be as effective at unwinding the mess as you'd think. "The Big Sort" is a big reason why (https://www.npr.org/2022/02/18/1081295373/the-big-sort-americans-move-to-areas-political-alignment https://www.npr.org/2022/02/18/1081295373/the-big-sort-ameri...). Doing something like expanding the house of representatives to several times it's current size would probably help much more. All these things are a bit academic though, since neither policy is very feasible.