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Celerity

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12. I have been saying this since I joined DU. Take it to 1,501 or so. If the US House had the same
Mon Sep 21, 2020, 11:20 AM
Sep 2020

ratio of people to reps that we do here in our Riksdag (the Swedish parliament), the US House would have over 11,500 members.

Also, add DC and Puerto Rico as states, and split California into SoCal and NoCal. That would give us 6 new Democratic Senators (5 at worst if somehow PR sent a Rethug to the Senate, which is doubtful). That fixes the Senate for now, as by 2030-2035 or so, 70% of the Senate seats will be controlled by only 30% of the populace, and that 30% is far older, whiter, more reactionary, more fundie 'Christian', less-educated, racist, sexist, and anti-LGBTQ than the 70%.

This is an interesting idea - I read about a similar topic a few months ago in the Atlantic FM123 Sep 2020 #1
Wyoming Rule would be a start and provide a justifiable rationale to regularly expand Statistical Sep 2020 #2
That sounds incredibly reasonable! bluewater Sep 2020 #4
Someone else pointed out a simple way AleksS Sep 2020 #3
Districts should have no more than 250,000 people. roamer65 Sep 2020 #5
That still doesn't address the problem in the senate, which we are experiencing right now BComplex Sep 2020 #6
True. But expanding the House would not take a Constitutional amendment. bluewater Sep 2020 #7
add DC and Puerto Rico as States, and split California in 2, that will add 6 new Democratic Senators Celerity Sep 2020 #14
we were discussing this last night, too. maxsolomon Sep 2020 #16
+1000 Celerity Sep 2020 #18
How about this? greymattermom Sep 2020 #8
See post #2. nt Wednesdays Sep 2020 #9
Yes yes yes!! moose65 Sep 2020 #10
Surprisingly, that wouldn't help as much as one would think. Captain Stern Sep 2020 #11
Getting rid of the electoral college looks like the only way to deal with this. BComplex Sep 2020 #21
I have been saying this since I joined DU. Take it to 1,501 or so. If the US House had the same Celerity Sep 2020 #12
With the exception of India dsc Sep 2020 #13
+1000 bluewater Sep 2020 #15
We have around one MP per every 29,000 people here in Sweden. (349 in the Riksdag, 10.1m population) Celerity Sep 2020 #19
To be fair Sweden is pretty small dsc Sep 2020 #20
It would not help significantly. califootman Sep 2020 #17
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