Cynthetiq

No that wasn't what I was trying to state. What I was trying to state was that the disparity grows larger as the states with more populations have "more" representatives to vote with.

I decided to actually look and see which states would "gain" from such an increase

EDIT: I miscalculated and used 60,000 as the disctrict size. I am recalculated it.

My local community board affects my life much more than any other government body. They directly affect my quality of life. After that is the State representation. I'm fortunate to live in an area protected by Sheldon Silver the Speaker of the NYS Assembly. (If it weren't for him we'd have new Westside Jets Stadium and congestion pricing in Manhattan.) I don't see the same effects from the Federal government.

Okay, here it is with 50,000 as suggested by TTO bringing the total representatives to 6,114.

With 50,000 as the number you have 9 states that if voting as a bloc will create a majority. It didn't change much either from the current system. Those same 9 can still vote as blocs and still dictate what the other 41 states will live with. While I don't know of the votes actually being solid unanimous votes, I will look to see just how often something like this does happen.



While I may be "better" represented, I don't think that my voice gets better heard when 9 states can dictate what the other 41 have to live with.

There is also some idea placed here that you currently aren't represented by you representative. Have you tried contacting them? Have they been too busy to meet or speak with you?

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