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Re:New study compares growing corn for energy to solar produ... by pixl97 on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @04:11PM (#47868658)
The last point is what they mean. The Senate causes a number of problems with it's setup. But even the House and how small it is causes further problems. The number of reps there needs to go up by many many times.
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Re:New study compares growing corn for energy to solar produ... by danaris on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @04:48PM (#47869117)
And that's not baked into the Constitution—it was set by law in the early 1900s, and could be changed by law.

If we were to uncap the size of the House of Representatives, and instead change so that each district contains 50k people (or close to it), we would have roughly 7k representatives in the House.

That would effectively eliminate the disproportionate advantage small states have there. (It would not, of course, do anything about the Senate; that would have to be addressed separately.)

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Re:New study compares growing corn for energy to solar produ... by pjc50 on Thursday April 23, 2026 @05:44AM (#47873809)
> If we were to uncap the size of the House of Representatives, and instead change so that each district contains 50k people (or close to it), we would have roughly 7k representatives in the House.

Nice and proportional, but a completely unwieldy number of representatives. 700 reps for 500k people each would be more manageable.

(of course, that means very little if (a) they're only from two parties and (b) all 7k districts are gerrymandered six ways from sunday)

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