Expand house of reps to a degree where you likely know your rep personally (one for every 30k people)
Then put a limit on consecutive terms. I think there needs to be a limit, but I also donāt think voting back in a better rep is a bad thing. 6 term limit, 2 terms off, something like that.
The House should be set as 1 rep for the lowest population state. Then each other state gets 1 rep per the amount of people in the lowest population state. Currently Wyoming has the lowest population at an estimated 588k. That's your benchmark. If that means we have thousands of reps, so be it. The country is founded on representation.
I don't agree that it should be one per lowest state population, but if it were one, that would only be 562. It should probably be at least two per population group. That's still only 1124, which seems to still be a manageable number. Having more than 10k reps, like the other person suggested, would dilute each representatives ability to have a meaningful impact so far that they wouldn't really matter.
I think a rep is supposed to just represent your vote in Congress. We have technology, we can have reps stay in their districts, be well known by their constituents and only role is to vote on legislation put forward by other parties (think tanks, congressional committees, the senate, etc)
I donāt think the process would be crazy, you are held accountable by your neighbors.
My question: why do we need representation at all? A true democracy could work. Hell, we could create a secure and fair way to vote on bills that affect our livelihood. Why do we need some elected official to vote on our behalf? We could just eliminate representatives all together and create a system where we represent ourselves. Starting at the local level, then state, then federal. We vote on policies put forth by the actual people. I dunno, with technology today, a representative republic seems outdated.
I donāt disagree, but I wonder about voting fatigue. We only get 65% voter turnout for presidential elections, and most people donāt read up on the policies of their local candidates. Bills and new policy would be really hard to get well informed participation :/
Maybe a middle ground is reps vote for your day to day bills that hold minor-moderate change on your life/economy. Bills deemed to have large, long lasting effects on the economy and liberties afforded to us by the Constitution are turned to a direct vote. That means people have to campaign to us, the people, to pass these bills they want. Taking bribes loses power
Yes! I donāt believe thereās only one right way, I appreciate that we share the same value at the center of whatever new system we want to build: increased representation and emphasis on the voices of the people.
Votes can be done via zoom. Coalitions can be formed to nominate members to committees. Speakers can still be selected to represent the party as a whole.
I don't think it would, but it's not like this congress is passing any meaningful legislation under the current system.
If nothing else it would give fair representation to the states that actually have people living in them instead of the bullshit we have now. Wyoming gets 1 rep for 550k people, while California gets one per 730k. How the fuck is that equitable?
Well āmeaningfulā is entirely subjective to the person making the argument. And if youāre basing half of your argument based off that itās not very solid.
Iām not saying youāre incorrect in your want to reform the system we currently have in some way. Iām just saying this WILL be a monkeys paw of a wish. Youāll get your version of fair but at the cost of a system that canāt help anybody because it canāt negotiate with itself in a timely or efficient matter.
Adding more and more bureaucracy isnāt the answer imo.
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u/know_your_anemone Aug 29 '26
Expand house of reps to a degree where you likely know your rep personally (one for every 30k people)
Then put a limit on consecutive terms. I think there needs to be a limit, but I also donāt think voting back in a better rep is a bad thing. 6 term limit, 2 terms off, something like that.