Adam wrote in part- These are valid concerns, which, along with practical voting and counting concerns, argue against very large districts. On the other hand, if you have small districts you don't get real proportionality. In my opinion, you have to have at least 5 or 6 seats in a district to get acceptably proportional results. The more fractionalized the electorate is, the more seats per district you need. ----- D- The situation for the last 7,000 plus years --
More or Less government control of lives, liberties and property. See The Outline of History by H.G. Wells. Look for the gerrymander info in TOH about the ex-Roman Republic before it degenerated into the Roman Empire/ Tyranny. I suggest 5 members per district in a proxy p.r. system is sufficent to represent larger factions (i.e. without having too many one issue special interest factions).
