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In reply to the discussion: California is in danger of losing a House seat after adding 2.3 million people [View all]Celerity
(43,333 posts)the Presidency, we need to pass an Act of Congress expanding the size of the House. The Democratic members of the smaller states need to understand that this is the only way to bring back fairness in the Electoral College as well as voting power in the House itself, and to quash the Republicans from further gaming the system.
Here are some articles on this. It has to happen or it will only get worse. Any Democratic member who argues it dilutes their own power is putting selfish desires over country and party IMHO.
https://www.vox.com/2018/6/4/17417452/congress-representation-ratio-district-size-chart-graph
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/09/opinion/expanded-house-representatives-size.html
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/05/31/u-s-population-keeps-growing-but-house-of-representatives-is-same-size-as-in-taft-era/
http://time.com/5423623/house-representatives-number-seats/
https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/november-december-2018/to-fix-congress-make-it-bigger-much-bigger/