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Does this plan make sense? v2 (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago (10 children)

Rather than abolish the Electoral College and merge the House and Senate, I would suggest massively increasing the size of the House. This would increase the size of the Electoral College too, reducing the distortion of the population while still protecting less populous states. This also has the advantage of being something that can be done through ordinary laws instead of Constitutional amendments.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (9 children)

"Protecting" the less populous states from what?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

From the tyranny of the majority. Each state is equally represented in the Senate, versus the House where states are apportioned seats by population.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

I fully agree 435 is root of many of the problems we are facing.

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