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> meaning what used to be 30-50k citizens per representative, is quickly approaching 1M citizens:1 ratio. This cannot possibly be true. The US population has i
by loeber 1y ago
> meaning what used to be 30-50k citizens per representative, is quickly approaching 1M citizens:1 ratio.
This cannot possibly be true. The US population has increased from 125M in 1932 to 330M today. That's a 3x multiple, not 20x or 30x.
- SubiculumCode 1y agoSorry, I did not mean to imply that the 30-50k ratio was active in 1932. It was about 93,020 in 1853, 280,000 in 1932, 761,000 in 2023 [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_congressional_apportionment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_congressional_ap...