Uncapping the U.S. House is achievable and impactful

(cmarmitage.substack.com)

21 points by JumpCrisscross 16 hours ago|5 comments

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blowsand 13 hours ago

“You can also reach out to your local County Democratic Party, Indivisible Chapter, or other activist group and request they add uncapping the U.S. House of Representatives as an officially endorsed policy”

I’m unfamiliar with this idea. I read the entire post. When I got to the above quote I am unsure why the suggestion is to reach out to only a Democrat Party rep. Is this idea not also beneficial/desirable for the Republican Party?

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jdlshore 12 hours ago

Republican states are mostly lower population than blue states, so they have disproportionate representation in the electoral college. This would give Democrats more power in presidential elections than they currently have, if I understand it correctly.

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tstrimple 13 hours ago

Not really. Republicans fight explicitly to disenfranchise people for their own benefit. “More representation” isn’t even something they pretend to want.

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expedition32 11 hours ago

Puerto Rico!

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Sabinus 10 hours ago

Highly important reforms the USA desperately needs. Please advocate for this, ranked choice voting, and independent redistricting algorithms.

If the political system itself is not set up to function well the country inevitably suffers. Our greatest human ability and largest impact on national success is group coordination and cooperation.