@zigguratmonk that’s largely because the number of representatives is set based on the census of 1910 (via a law from 1913)and another in 1929 which capped the representatives at 435. If instead representatives were allocated to the states in a manner such that they all roughly represented the same number of people say about 600,000 (just a bit more than Wyoming) we would have around 600 Reps and CA would have 65 not 53. (Exact math would be 553 but rounding a bit plus adding territories and DC
@zigguratmonk one rep per 600,000 people is still kinda crazy but that wouldn’t be an impossible change (though redistricting every state to accommodate it would be ugly). Even better would be one rep per 300,000 or even 200,000 but that would be a massive change (it likely would allow for viable third parties and would start to lesson the impact of senators on the electoral college.
But I don’t know of a serious movement to repeal the 1913 & 1929 laws - but I do think it would help the US
@Rycaut I've never heard of it so I wonder how many people know ( not that I've heard of everything or anything, but I do read a lot of political news and the like)
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