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T.C. Aurelius@aurelius.quest |
Watching the British election returns I feel compelled to point out that the 650 person House of Commons represents 67 million people and the 435 person House of Representatives in the United States represents 333 million. Replace the Permanent Apportionment Act of 1929. We deserve representation.
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Gayzillionaire
@godzillionaire.bsky.social
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Back of the napkin, if we knocked the average pop represented from ~750k to 500k even we could have 666 house members 🤘🤘
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Scott #ACAB Black Lives Matter Menor 🍉
@smenor.com
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We need more seats just to lower the barrier to entry for citizens who want to participate along with major reforms for ballot access and voting
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Stephen Muray
@smuray.bsky.social
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The only time George Washington offered an opinion during the Constitutional Convention was to urge a lower number for apportionment - one representative per 30,000, because one per 40,000 was unacceptable.
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Pooh
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One seat should represent whatever number represents the smallest state population. That would be Wyoming iirc, so each representative should represent like 580k people.
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Rep. Eric Gallager (no "h"!)
@egall.bsky.social
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speaking of feeling compelled to point things out, I'll add that the 400 person New Hampshire House of Representatives represents 1.4 million people
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Kevin Standlee
@kevinstandlee.bsky.social
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If we followed the so-called "Cube Root Rule," we would have around 690 members of the House of Representatives. I don't think that's too many. We already have one house of Congress where the small states are over-represented. It's stupid to have _both_ houses that way.
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T.C. Aurelius
@aurelius.quest
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I'm starting to get hostile and ridiculous replies, so I'm limiting replies at this point.
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Susan Mangan
@smangan.bsky.social
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THIS. It's blatantly unconstitutional, and the scotus ruling from back then is weak. We need a trifecta. Vote harder.
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Sean Milstead
@sfmilstead.bsky.social
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1 rep for every 500K people. It ends up being 666 (sorry) reps with quick math, but with rounding it can be made to be less demonic and even numbered. Go the UK route it would be over 3,300K reps. I don’t see how that is tenable to get something done.
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mjollnyr
@mjollnyr.bsky.social
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I want to see a ~3200 person house of representatives meet
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@philomorph.bsky.social
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The only one of the original 12 amendments to the constitution that was not adopted required that each congressional district contain no more than 50,000 citizens. Today that would mean 6600 reps! I'm sure we can find an in-between. Even the framers recognized that maybe there should be a limit.
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Michael Gruar
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If that happened, we could actually get some legitimate third parties too - much less of a hurdle to snag a seat or two
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Slip Slidin' Away
@liberallibra.bsky.social
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Oh, yeah! What a shit storm of hyperbole, vitriol, and mendacity that will provide as sound bites on fucked up social media.... can't wait!
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Darbenheimer
@tokenliberal.bsky.social
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I get your point and agree with it, but also I just did head math to see what our legislature would look like if we kept it proportional to the British numbers and whoa.
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maraleia
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We need like a minimum of 1,503 House members.
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Stephen Morrison
@stephen-morrison.bsky.social
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And then abolish the Senate.
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@mikeytsi.bsky.social
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Also add 50 senators. You can keep the same 6 year terms, and stagger so every state is voting for a senator every 2 years. Also make DC a state ffs and have PR vote for statehood.
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