@michaelgemar @kamalaharrisforpresidentnews @Stybba3019 @airshipper Australia's Senate is proportionate, as is its House of Reps.Its pretty crazy that states like Wyoming & Montana have as much say and sway as CA and Texas for example.
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@NZedAUS @michaelgemar @kamalaharrisforpresidentnews @Stybba3019 @airshipper Not possible I'm afraid. Equal representation of the states in the Senate is the one part of the Constitution that Article V says cannot be amended.
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@robinadams @NZedAUS @michaelgemar @kamalaharrisforpresidentnews @Stybba3019 @airshipper that is the good/bad thing in a democracy: everything CAN be changed. And the EU suffers from a similar problem (one State one vote for some decisions) and it turned out: after more and more states where added it simply does not work. And small states try to get favours for their votes...
Some things only work in a special window of time.
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@schnedan @robinadams @michaelgemar @kamalaharrisforpresidentnews @Stybba3019 @airshipper on balance I favour PR electoral systems because they ultimately better reflect the will of the majority while allowing for a diversity of viewpoints.
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@NZedAUS @schnedan @robinadams @kamalaharrisforpresidentnews @Stybba3019 @airshipper PR is great in principle, but in many cases it seems to allow small extremist parties to hold a disproportionate balance of power.
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@michaelgemar @schnedan @robinadams @kamalaharrisforpresidentnews @Stybba3019 @airshipper that actually hasn't happened in Germany, Scandinavia or other European democracies - the dominant members of coalition Gvts are drawn from the mainstream parties.
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@NZedAUS @michaelgemar @schnedan @robinadams @kamalaharrisforpresidentnews @Stybba3019 @airshipper
I think expanding the house might help, as would changing the seats to multi-member districts.
heck, if the senate was expanded once to 4 members per state in a multi-member election, that'd also be cool.
makes the fraction more proportional, and also reduces gerrymandering if districts are merged into many-reps per district.
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@risottobias @NZedAUS @michaelgemar @robinadams @kamalaharrisforpresidentnews @Stybba3019 @airshipper
as a German - we have the biggest parliament after china - I can tell you: that does not solve ANY problem, other than producing huge costs. There are much larger countries working at least as well with less people.
Whatever is a solution, I can not see more seats to be part of it.
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Risottoreplied to schnedan last edited by [email protected]
@schnedan @NZedAUS @michaelgemar @robinadams @kamalaharrisforpresidentnews @Stybba3019 @airshipper
oh, oh, other fun thing.
each state should try making their electoral college votes a fraction (based on the whole state's vote). not by district, but the state as a whole.
you know, until they change it to the national popular vote.
turn /all/ the states purple.
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Risottoreplied to schnedan last edited by [email protected]
@schnedan @NZedAUS @michaelgemar @robinadams @kamalaharrisforpresidentnews @Stybba3019 @airshipper
Germany: 84,000,000 people / 735-ish members, 114,285 people per rep
China 1,420,000,000 / 2977, 422,000 people per rep
US: 345,430,000 people / 535 (house+senate), 712,220 people per rep
your point being? (I am so tired I can't math)
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Risottoreplied to Risotto last edited by [email protected]
@schnedan @NZedAUS @michaelgemar @robinadams @kamalaharrisforpresidentnews @Stybba3019 @airshipper
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_legislatures_by_number_of_members
oh look I don't have to:
US: 596,060/rep (236, 4th worst)
Germany: 105,233/rep (201st, 39th worst)
UK: 43,779/rep (136, 104th worst)
China: 478,809/rep (234th, 6th worst)