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I’m just going to put this out there: We shouldn’t do population based Congress Reps
Posted on 5/1/26 at 12:21 pm
Posted on 5/1/26 at 12:21 pm
It allows for too much gerrymandering, shenanigans and all of sorts of tomfoolery.
Every state should have the same number of districts and get the same number of votes.
Every vote should be counted the day of.
Every voter should be registered and have appropriate id.
Every state should have the same number of districts and get the same number of votes.
Every vote should be counted the day of.
Every voter should be registered and have appropriate id.
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Posted on 5/1/26 at 12:22 pm to rebeloke
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Every state should have the same number of districts and get the same number of votes.
That’s called the Senate.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 12:23 pm to rebeloke
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Every vote should be counted the day of. Every voter should be registered and have appropriate id.
This 100%.
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Every state should have the same number of districts and get the same number of votes.
Did you take civics
Posted on 5/1/26 at 12:24 pm to Darth_Vader
The Senators should be elected by the legislators of each individual state.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 12:30 pm to Darth_Vader
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That’s called the Senate.
And it should go back to being appointed by the state legislatures and serving at their pleasure.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 12:33 pm to rebeloke
The post WWII German government had a solution.
You vote, just like every other citizen for a political party. Votes are counted by party.
Each party gets the number of seats determined by their percentage of the vote. The seats go to the member of the party according to the pre-established (by that party) pecking order. Head of the party will be in govt so long as that party got enough votes to merit one seat.
That is how their minor parties are represented. That is also (I would guess) how Merkle from East Germany got into a power position.
Some of the people the US has elected were far from the head of their party. Jimmy CAHtah comes to mind as does Obama, Joe and even DJT.
LBJ probably would have been in, big time.
You vote, just like every other citizen for a political party. Votes are counted by party.
Each party gets the number of seats determined by their percentage of the vote. The seats go to the member of the party according to the pre-established (by that party) pecking order. Head of the party will be in govt so long as that party got enough votes to merit one seat.
That is how their minor parties are represented. That is also (I would guess) how Merkle from East Germany got into a power position.
Some of the people the US has elected were far from the head of their party. Jimmy CAHtah comes to mind as does Obama, Joe and even DJT.
LBJ probably would have been in, big time.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 12:34 pm to Timeoday
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Senators should be elected by the legislators of each individual state.
Direct election of senators was the quiet coup that most people don't understand the impact of.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 12:36 pm to rebeloke
How about we just get rid of them? You think even the best actually play ball for their constituents? We don’t need representation via representative proxy in 2026.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 12:36 pm to rebeloke
Our system was designed to avoid the exact issues this would cause.
It’s a shame they don’t teach civics anymore.
It’s a shame they don’t teach civics anymore.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 12:36 pm to real turf fan
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The post WWII German government had a solution.
You vote, just like every other citizen for a political party. Votes are counted by party.
Each party gets the number of seats determined by their percentage of the vote. The seats go to the member of the party according to the pre-established (by that party) pecking order. Head of the party will be in govt so long as that party got enough votes to merit one seat.
That's called a Parliamentary system
Posted on 5/1/26 at 12:40 pm to rebeloke
I regret i only have 1 downvote to give
Posted on 5/1/26 at 12:41 pm to SlowFlowPro
And its pretty much the only thing Europeans do better than we do
Posted on 5/1/26 at 12:43 pm to real turf fan
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You vote, just like every other citizen for a political party. Votes are counted by party.
Each party gets the number of seats determined by their percentage of the vote.
oh frick no - we are already being cheated by illegal votes, both dead people & non citizens
switch to this method and we are fricked for good and forever; we can't even stop illegal votes now; how much worse will the cheating be under your proposed system?
frick all of this
Posted on 5/1/26 at 12:44 pm to rebeloke
Well, maybe it’s bc that’s what the constitution says. The individual districts were added by Congress. But they are proportioned by population.
Congress became an ineffective block on federal power for 2 reasons 1- the direct election of senators, which turned them into at-large House of Representatives reps instead of representatives of the state government as designed; and 2) It deferred its rulemaking authority entirely to the executive branch.
These two problems made Congress unaccountable
Congress became an ineffective block on federal power for 2 reasons 1- the direct election of senators, which turned them into at-large House of Representatives reps instead of representatives of the state government as designed; and 2) It deferred its rulemaking authority entirely to the executive branch.
These two problems made Congress unaccountable
Posted on 5/1/26 at 12:49 pm to rebeloke
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Started ByMessageI’m just going to put this out there: We shouldn’t do population based Congress Reps
Disagree here
We should repeal the 17th amendment and go back to having an actual senate rather than 2 houses of reps.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 12:51 pm to rebeloke
No. But the size of the house should be increased, the number of seats should always be pegged to the population of the smallest state.
Further, districts should be drawn by software with zero data input beyond raw numbers, existing administrative boundaries, and State lines.
Or move to mixed-proportional representation for the House.
Further, districts should be drawn by software with zero data input beyond raw numbers, existing administrative boundaries, and State lines.
Or move to mixed-proportional representation for the House.
This post was edited on 5/1/26 at 12:53 pm
Posted on 5/1/26 at 12:54 pm to rebeloke
im just going to put this out there; you need a civics lesson.
You want every state to have equal representation - you got it, it's called the senate
The house is split by population to represent the people equally.
You want every state to have equal representation - you got it, it's called the senate
The house is split by population to represent the people equally.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 12:54 pm to Wednesday
All you arse hats listen up. I know what the damn constitution says, and I know about civics you stupid sons of bitches.
I’m talking about a change here because in case you haven’t noticed we’ve outgrown the government the way it was intended. It’s morphed and perverted no longer functions as it was originally intended.
Our forefathers for saw this as soon as you can vote yourself affluence the system crashes.Well? We’ve reached that point.
So forgive me for trying to say, maybe we should adjust the system to not have so much fricking corruption.
I’m talking about a change here because in case you haven’t noticed we’ve outgrown the government the way it was intended. It’s morphed and perverted no longer functions as it was originally intended.
Our forefathers for saw this as soon as you can vote yourself affluence the system crashes.Well? We’ve reached that point.
So forgive me for trying to say, maybe we should adjust the system to not have so much fricking corruption.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 12:56 pm to rebeloke
Creating a second senate isn’t the solution.
Mixed proportional representation is a viable option though.
Your idea makes no sense, it would make more sense to just eliminate the House in your scenario
Mixed proportional representation is a viable option though.
Your idea makes no sense, it would make more sense to just eliminate the House in your scenario
Posted on 5/1/26 at 1:02 pm to rebeloke
So, not a republic?
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