Since 1911, the U.S. population has tripled, but the number of House seats has remained stagnant at 435. It’s time for the U.S. to consider expanding Congress again.
Expanding the house is what I’ve long wanted. People like to argue for ridding us of first past the post voting and, yes, that would be awesome, but this is comparatively easy. This is within our grasp. This would change both how the legislature works and how the president is chosen.
Not only would it make the government more responsive to the people, it would, I would argue, dilute the power of individual legislators (in the house anyway) to the extent that lobbying (bribery) would be either less impactful or more expensive.
Yep there’s literally no downside. Unless of course you’re one of those people who believes that you have captured the government to do your bidding against that of their voters/constituents.
Expanding the house is what I’ve long wanted. People like to argue for ridding us of first past the post voting and, yes, that would be awesome, but this is comparatively easy. This is within our grasp. This would change both how the legislature works and how the president is chosen.
Not only would it make the government more responsive to the people, it would, I would argue, dilute the power of individual legislators (in the house anyway) to the extent that lobbying (bribery) would be either less impactful or more expensive.
Yep there’s literally no downside. Unless of course you’re one of those people who believes that you have captured the government to do your bidding against that of their voters/constituents.