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(Disclaimer: I'm not American) Doesn't the US system over-represent smaller states? Seems like Californians would have more representatives in DC with these ch
by nmeofthestate 13y ago
(Disclaimer: I'm not American)
Doesn't the US system over-represent smaller states? Seems like Californians would have more representatives in DC with these changes.
On the second electoral-vote point, it sounds like the proposal would result in more proportional representation of Californians' political opinion which is surely a good thing.
- cafard 13y agoThere would be six times as many senators, but presumably the number of representatives wouldn't change that much. The question might be "a good thing" for whom? American devotion to more proportional representation is and always has been somewhat qualified: the "gerry" in "gerrymander" remembers a signer of the Declaration of Independence...
- nmeofthestate 13y ago"American devotion to proportional representation" Well, I didn't believe such a thing existed. :)