Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > At 09:09 PM Tuesday 4/26/2005, Robert Seeberger wrote: > >> This would be addressed by returning to the system where every >> representative had an equal number of constituents. We would gain a >> crapload of reps, but then democracy isn't free is it?<G> > > > IIRC, the figure of 8000+ members of the House I mentioned a few > days > ago was based on each representative having the same number of > constituents, and that number being what it was before the total > number of representatives (or something like that: I'm sure of the > first, anyway. Of course, I don't happen to recall a reference . . > .
Even better! A post I wrote last October: The problem with the electoral college is not in the electoral college, but in the way populations are represented in Congress. I would think that this lack of representation on an everyday basis would be of much greater concern. Just to make sure my message is clear: *The Problem Is A Lack Of Fair Representation* Using Wyoming as a benchmark, where you have 1 congressperson per (roughly) 500,000 people, 2 Senators (as always) and 3 Electoral votes. Compare to California where you have 1 Congressperson per 639,088 people, 2 Senators, and 55 Electoral votes. That doesn't sound all that bad offhand, but if California had representation equal to Wyomings you would get 67 Congresspersons and 69 Electoral votes. That is a net gain of 12 Congresspersons and 14 Electoral votes. This lack of representation effects at least 48 states that I can identify. Of those states, 25 are short one representative, and 10 are shorted by 2. Only Iowa and DC are represented in the same proportion as Wyoming and the rest are shorted between 3 and 14 representatives. Law limits Congress to 435 Representatives, but if representation were proportional there would be 549, an increase of 114 representatives. I do not see why this number should be unwieldy or why it would cause difficulty. xponent Census Data Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
