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Originally Posted by JEQuidam
Cynthetiq, you need to think about how differently things would be with districts of 50,000. The Representatives would no longer be assured of 90%++ reelection rates. High reelection rates are due to the fact that it costs tens of millions of dollars for a challenger to try to unseat an incumbent in a super-sized district.
OK. so you are opposed to smaller congressional districts. And it is fine with you that they grow to 1,300,000 people by 2100. Maybe most people will agree with you.
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No I'm not opposed to smaller congressional districts. I just don't see the added value that you're envisioning. I don't see the same value you do based on what I've read of your website I am not drawing those same conclusions.
I don't disagree with your rehortical questions, but quite honestly, I don't see value in some gangsta kickin' it old school from South Bronx adding value to the representation, nor do I see someone who is elected because he's the head Hassidic of the neighborhood in Brooklyn. I don't see how it adds value at all to be represented by race or religion since those aren't really any bearing to political ideologies when it comes to voting.
In fact, I believe that when I call my representative or senator they are listening to me and my point of view for that few minutes. They shouldn't be voting their own agendas, meaning that Christians voting for anti-abortion legislation, but voting in a manner a majority of their constiuents want them to vote.
Your average person IMO doesn't give a crap about their representatives for all intrinsic purposes. As stated before, they can't name them now, why do you think that they would be able to name them if they were only limited to a smaller district?
You can't force people to care any more than they are already willing to do so.
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