Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Yakk
If you want to demonstrate the benefit, I'd advise doing it on a smaller scale than "the entire USA".
|
Yakk, the smaller-scale analysis you describe could probably be effectively simulated by comparing among the states. For example, comparing
New Hampshire, with its very small state districts, to
California with its mega-districts. Of course, that analysis would have to adjust for numerous local variables, but it could possibly be very informative.
TTO (Thirty-Thousand.org) is not going to undertake such an analysis, but perhaps someone else in the political studies field might.
BTW, there are several states with super-sized state legislative districts. California is the most obvious example. Someone in California is leading an effort to increase the size of its legislature; story:
http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/Content?oid=327153