Two reflections

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Abscate
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Two reflections

Post by Abscate » Wed May 05, 2021 4:05 am

Two things on my mind about our current political situation

1 Open primarys

I want all 50 states to allow all voters to vote for all candidates in primaries. This will pull centrist candidates into the mix and make the House and Senate populated by people who will cross the aisle, and not the extremists.

2 The House

The smallest states have three Congresspeople, and hence three Electoral College Votes. They represent as few as 250,000 votes

The largest states have fewer Electors per capita , as many as 700,000 per Elector. My vote in NY has 1/3 the voting power of a vote in Vermont.

The House hasn’t been adjusted since 1919. Increasing the size so that all states are equally represented is fair, and also reduces campaign costs, reduces gerrymandering, and also moves more centrist candidates into the fray.

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