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Re:UK Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns after just 45 days in... by lostlogin on Thursday October 20, 2022 @11:45AM (#33276455)
> Senators are a little weird.

The whole system is weird. Why is a vote in one state more powerful than a vote in another?

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Re:UK Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns after just 45 days in... by bena on Thursday October 20, 2022 @12:35PM (#33277174)
I personally have become a fan of the Wyoming Rule for the House. That seems fair without getting into crazy sizes.

I mean, if the US had representation in the same proportion as the UK, they'd have roughly 3300 representatives. The town I grew up currently has a population of 1500. So I can see why we wouldn't do that.

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Re:UK Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns after just 45 days in... by lostlogin on Thursday October 20, 2022 @01:41PM (#33278093)
That’s not the problem though. Having an elected member represent a larger number of people is fine. However having a rural candidate represent less voters than an urban candidate is terrible.

Wherever you vote it should be worth the same.

The system hasn’t kept pace with demographic changes.

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/05/31/u-s-populat...

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