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A comment on Article 1 section 2 paragraph 3 of the US Constitution (2014). Parent comment

Re:Article 1 section 2 paragraph 3 of the US Constitution (2... by sparky_z on Monday September 19, 2016 @10:25AM (#12531669)
>The US has 1.7 representatives in parliament per citizen.

Either I'm reading this wrong (what do you mean by "parliament"?), or this can't possibly be correct.

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Re:Article 1 section 2 paragraph 3 of the US Constitution (2... by morinted on Monday September 19, 2016 @10:28AM (#12531693)
I believe the intent was "1.7 representative per million citizens" as that was the unit used in all the comparisons.
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Re:Article 1 section 2 paragraph 3 of the US Constitution (2... by dsp1234 on Monday September 19, 2016 @10:35AM (#12531730)
For reference, the actual numbers are 535 congressmen (435 representatives and 100 senators) for about 324 million people for a ratio of about 1.65/Million.

This ratio is likely only going to get lower. The number of senators is equal to (2 x number of states)[0]. The number of representatives is set by law at 435, and has not changed since 1911[1].

[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_One_of_the_United_Stat...

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apportionment_Act_of_1911

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Re:Article 1 section 2 paragraph 3 of the US Constitution (2... by JumpCrisscross on Monday September 19, 2016 @11:05AM (#12531953)
Note that the United States had 512 658 elected state and local officials in 1992 [1], or 2,060 state and local elected officials per million people.

[1] http://www.census.gov/prod/2/gov/gc/gc92_1_2.pdf see page 19

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