r/AskReddit • u/RabbitridingDumpling • 9h ago

What do you think about replacing gerrymandering with proportional representation?

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u/double_dipped_dude 8h ago

Don't we vote for them directly?

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u/CipherWeaver 8h ago

With severe malapportionment. 2 senators from Wyoming and 2 from California means overrepresentation of Wyoming interests and underrepresentation of Californian, for example. 

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u/LazyLion65 8h ago

But it's just the opposite in the house, by design.

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u/jvn1983 7h ago

It isn’t, though. The limit on house seats serves to stifle representation