Message from @Khanclansith
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I am of the perception that gerrymandering would be a thing of the past if the US joined 10 electoral districts into 1 large district with ten seats.
I'll worry about more representative government when we get our 4th and 5th amendment rights back.
I'm not seeing how you keep regional representation intact, @4AM_critter 🐉
I'm okay with that too.
Once you give the federal government power it's almost impossible to have them release it.
I assume a region that would elect 1 seat would still manage to elect that seat. but they get help from other regions.
I just think about California, where all those red areas are outnumbered by like 1 city
that 1 city would no longer be able to rule over those red areas, since i think 4Am is suggesting more seats than before
to allow more parties to get some power
Right and how do you determine who gets those seats? Bulk votes, no?
If we went by vote by county Trump's landslide would have been insane
Senators shouldn't be voted on.
That'd be nice.
uhhhh
why?
They're not representatives of the people.
They're representatives of the state.
They're supposed to be reps of the states interests not the states.
Kind of like the EU.
i don't know about that
What are the interests of the state?
they are not strictly representatives of the state, they are representatives of the people in that state, but balanced against population.
where as the house is a balance against the minority
The interests of the states vs the interests of the people as a whole.
Pick a state then
Michigan.
Denial? Thats a state right?
lol
Ok, isnt on of michigan's goals to continue to grow their population by attracting people from other states and responding to the needs of their own residents?
I had to read up a bit. Imagine if each state have the current number of rep as today, but each state was one electoral super district. Example given; everyone in Alabama could vote for everyone there and the 7 candidates with the most votes go to Congress.
<https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama%27s_congressional_districts>
@4AM_critter 🐉 who wins what seats?
Sure, but does that mean that what the reps from detriot want are in the best interests of the state?
They want what are best for their area
Yes, their area, not the state.
Right, which is why you have senators
Who want whats best for their state as a whole
The elctoral district have 7 seats, you are not locked to any particular geographical subset
Who should be appointed by the state legislature not popular election.