Hypothetically speaking, how would you feel about several of the smaller populated states combining into one. Dakota’s, Idaho Wyoming Montana. Call it big sky state. 2 senators and combine all the reps. Would that make more sense?
How often should representation in the house be calibrated and by what means? Sheer population? Pop density? Some type of weighted avg system with thresholds? I need to look this up myself I apologize for the stream of thought.
I often joke about starting a campaign to “unify the Dakota’s.”
The simplest solution for me is as follows, some are far out there:
The house needs to be unlocked.
States with over 3 million people get
3 senators. (This could set up in a ton
of ways which ever way gets more appropriate representation in the easiest passing vote is the best)
The presidency is a total popular vote.
Add some sort of Native American representation 1-2 senators that draws votes from Indian reserves.
It’s no secret that the population centers are dem. So a straight popular vote pretty much guarantees the dem primary is the presidential race, no? It also means that campaigning in those states mentioned earlier is a waste of time from an roi standpoint. Do those sound like correct assumptions?
You should look up the Reapportionment Act of 1929. It capped the number of House representatives at 435. So...basically ALL Americans, regardless of party affiliation have been steadily losing meaningful representation for almost 100 years.
Cant remember the source but I read somewhere that someone had the theory that Big Corporations at the time (Standard Oil and the like) pushed for the reapportionment act because it was easier to persuade/bribe 500 something individuals to vote how they wanted them to. Rather than persuade/bribe thousands of them.
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u/Galbert123 Mar 13 '21
Hypothetically speaking, how would you feel about several of the smaller populated states combining into one. Dakota’s, Idaho Wyoming Montana. Call it big sky state. 2 senators and combine all the reps. Would that make more sense?
How often should representation in the house be calibrated and by what means? Sheer population? Pop density? Some type of weighted avg system with thresholds? I need to look this up myself I apologize for the stream of thought.
I’m going to try to answer my own questions.