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Why are there only 435 members in the U.S. House of Representatives?

🕑 Added 2024-07-15 18:26:18 +0000 UTC

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Daniel Kolbin

yesssir

Erik Hernandez

Anarchist

Erik Hernandez

Steve Scalise is my congressman

Kyle Haines

Yes we definitely need a drastically expanded House. It’s a crucial first step in addressing many of the issues we’re facing today

Mr. Beat

Woah woah woah...one thing at a time Dante. 😆 But seriously, I think expanding the House membership is a good first step. It's certainly not the end game.

DANTE VERONA

Here's where I'm at: Abolish the Senate. Abolish the Electoral College. Expand the Supreme Court and yes, expand the House of Representatives. As correctly stated above and in the video, gerrymandering is a real problem. It's distorted our representation... While there are good arguments behind all these positions I don't see any good evidence that it has any pragmatic traction to manifest in reality.

Adam Christians

I was thinking about the pretty litter since me and my GF got some spoiled babies.

Mr. Beat

Well put. I couldn't agree more.

Naterade

I am all for more reps! I don’t know how as a country we can justify Wyoming and Delaware getting the same number of representatives, especially when Delaware has damn near twice as many people, but falls short of the mathematical mark to get another representative? Besides social media, I think gerrymandering is one of the biggest causes of increased polarization. North Carolina a true swing state is exhibit A of the worst of gerrymandering and how the legislative branch will do anything to help their chances to stay in power.