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zorkpolitics
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« on: November 25, 2004, 01:54:40 PM »

What if the Apportionment was based on voters, not population?

imo that would be a bad idea.  If your state is probably going to go for the other party (ie if you are a democrat in TX or a republican in NY), it's in your best interest not to vote - therefore denying the candidate you don't want to win added electoral votes and, if you're in a state that is likely to have lots of the other party's members as representatives, denying them seats in the House.

A much better idea would be to apportion the House based on the number of citizens in a state.  Currently states are rewarded for harboring illegal immigrants.  CA, FL, AZ, NY all have extra districts due to the presence of non-citizens (both legal and illegal).
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