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What if there were no house districts?
Posted on 4/29/26 at 2:32 pm
Posted on 4/29/26 at 2:32 pm
Both sides claim the other one does the gerrymandering. Both are right and both are wrong.
The left, in particular, can’t seem to grasp or admit that without gerrymandering, the House will be a LOT less diverse. Just look at the senate makeup compared to the House.
There is nothing way to draw these things without there being claims of rigging.
So, what if you just say Texas gets 40 seats. Top 40 vote getters in a statewide election get in.
Yeah, I know. Never happen and has its own set of problems.
My point, though, is that there is nothing way to remove the cries and effects of gerrymandering without some sort of purely “blind” drawing of the maps. Maybe a computer could do it, but even that will have a “garbage in, garbage out” issue.
The left, in particular, can’t seem to grasp or admit that without gerrymandering, the House will be a LOT less diverse. Just look at the senate makeup compared to the House.
There is nothing way to draw these things without there being claims of rigging.
So, what if you just say Texas gets 40 seats. Top 40 vote getters in a statewide election get in.
Yeah, I know. Never happen and has its own set of problems.
My point, though, is that there is nothing way to remove the cries and effects of gerrymandering without some sort of purely “blind” drawing of the maps. Maybe a computer could do it, but even that will have a “garbage in, garbage out” issue.
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Posted on 4/29/26 at 2:36 pm to Ag Zwin
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So, what if you just say Texas gets 40 seats. Top 40 vote getters in a statewide election get in.
Thats one of the stupider things I’ve read today.
Congress is designed to rep an area and speak for those citizens. Thats why you have districts. Your way is dumb and dumber.
Posted on 4/29/26 at 2:40 pm to Ag Zwin
I think at one time some states did do at large congressional districts even though there were multiple districts in a state.
Posted on 4/29/26 at 2:42 pm to jlovel7
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I think at one time some states did do at large congressional districts even though there were multiple districts in a state.
Unless the law has changed the states still can if they wish.
Posted on 4/29/26 at 2:42 pm to Ag Zwin
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What if there were no house districts?
Then you have the equivalent of 535 Senate Seats, and voter fraud more than the likes we're seeing now.
Posted on 4/29/26 at 2:44 pm to Ag Zwin
Pick someone at random from each district every 2 years. Randomly pick 50 for carryover each election.
Posted on 4/29/26 at 2:47 pm to Ag Zwin
Get rid of counting illegals in a census. That a given politician is beholden to their illegal population as their "constituents" is retarded.
Posted on 4/29/26 at 2:47 pm to Ag Zwin
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There is nothing way to draw these things without there being claims of rigging.
If your goal is to get people to quit bitching you’re gonna have a long hard life.
Posted on 4/29/26 at 2:53 pm to Ag Zwin
It's amazing that Republicans finally get a win in this space and now people think it should be changed. The VRA for decades kept southern states from drawing politically advantageous districts. Meanwhile all liberal bastions gerrymandered the daylights out of their states.
Posted on 4/29/26 at 3:02 pm to Ag Zwin
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So, what if you just say Texas gets 40 seats. Top 40 vote getters in a statewide election get in.
Would everyone vote for these 40?
How the hell could a voter know the politics of 40 candidates??
Posted on 4/29/26 at 3:03 pm to therick711
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It's amazing that Republicans finally get a win in this space and now people think it should be changed.
Only stupid people, and maybe some dishonest ones.
Posted on 4/29/26 at 3:07 pm to Ag Zwin
We need to do things that make the House and Senate dissimilar. Repeal the 17t and return to the days of legislatures electing Senators to deal with state concerns. Leave the House as it is and keep the representatives accountable to their districts.
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