Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete
by coryrc on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @08:21PM
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I think they mean number of citizens per House rep, which is many times higher now.
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Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete
by harryh on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @08:24PM
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Ah, OK. Yes, that is definitely true. Wikipedia has a nice graph on this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_congressional_ap...
Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete
by rtkwe on Thursday August 22, 2019 @03:59PM
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It's also just that at the extremes we have house districts representing just over one million people and just over half a million people. 750k +/- 50% isn't great.
https://247wallst.com/special-report/2018/10/26/americas-lar...