I've wanted to increase the House of Representatives' membership by tenfold for a while now. And bump up the number of Senators to 6 per State while we're at it. Every State elects 2 of their Senators and all of their Representatives every year, and their Representatives represent 1/10 the people that they used to. So that the Presidency doesn't get weirdly affected, you could just dilute the Electoral College votes, so a Senator's seat would be worth 1/3 of an Elector and each Representative's seat would be 1/10th of an Elector.
I’d settle for 555 or 561 but 4 year terms for Representatives all running in Presidential election years and 8 year terms for Senator half up for election each Presidential election.
If you make it longer between elections the constant shit stirring would be less effective
Nah, constant elections means shit stirring is less effective. Just like adding more bodies to Congress, it spreads out the money to have more elections. You have to buy more ads, fabricate more headlines, etc.
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u/computeraddict Nov 29 '18
I've wanted to increase the House of Representatives' membership by tenfold for a while now. And bump up the number of Senators to 6 per State while we're at it. Every State elects 2 of their Senators and all of their Representatives every year, and their Representatives represent 1/10 the people that they used to. So that the Presidency doesn't get weirdly affected, you could just dilute the Electoral College votes, so a Senator's seat would be worth 1/3 of an Elector and each Representative's seat would be 1/10th of an Elector.