Interesting note on consistuencies in Canada, Australia and the UK

[Hatman 🍁]

Odd... the less people the country has the less represented the country is with MPs?

Australia 1 for every 134,000 (pop 20,000,000)
Canada 1 for every 104,000 (pop 30,000,000)
UK 1 for every 92,000 (pop 60,000,000)

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Strange, eh? The number of constituencies in the U.K hasn't changed a great deal since (IIRC) 1885 so that might explain a few things

[Hatman 🍁]

New Zealand is an exception. At 4 million people it has a seat for every 58,000.

Makes me think the U.S. needs some more congressional districts.

[Emsworth]

Currently, the U.S. has one representative for approximately every 680,000. It would need about 3,000 representatives to match Canada or the UK.

[Colin]

Currently, the U.S. has one representative for approximately every 680,000. It would need about 3,000 representatives to match Canada or the UK.

Yeah and where are we going to find the space for that?

[ATFFL]

Currently, the U.S. has one representative for approximately every 680,000. It would need about 3,000 representatives to match Canada or the UK.

Yeah and where are we going to find the space for that?

We can graba  large, useless area.  I suggest the entirety of Canada.  Send the people living there to Australia.  I want to hear what funny accent emerges from that blending.

[Hatman 🍁]

Currently, the U.S. has one representative for approximately every 680,000. It would need about 3,000 representatives to match Canada or the UK.

Yeah and where are we going to find the space for that?

We can graba  large, useless area.  I suggest the entirety of Canada.  Send the people living there to Australia.  I want to hear what funny accent emerges from that blending.

The best answer is dividing the U.S. into several different countries.

[Hatman 🍁]

The best answer is dividing the U.S. into several different countries.

We tried that... USA, CSA and the Republic of Texas. Didn't work out too well! (Even the Kingdom of Hawaii and the California Republic for purists!)

Second time's the charm!

[Platypus]

Currently, the U.S. has one representative for approximately every 680,000. It would need about 3,000 representatives to match Canada or the UK.

Yeah and where are we going to find the space for that?

We can graba large, useless area. I suggest the entirety of Canada. Send the people living there to Australia. I want to hear what funny accent emerges from that blending.

oi, mate, that's not fair dinkum, aboot our accents being all weird-loike, eh?

[minionofmidas]

The best answer is dividing the U.S. into several different countries.

We tried that... USA, CSA and the Republic of Texas. Didn't work out too well! (Even the Kingdom of Hawaii and the California Republic for purists!)

I've forgotten what it was called, but the area that's now Lassen County, California seceded from the Union for about ten years starting in 1853.

[Erc]

And we musn't forget The Republic of West Florida

[Platypus]

I should also point out that in the NT, there is about 1 seat per 50k, whilst it's higher in VIC and NSW. Tasmania has about 1 per 80k, iirc.

All states have to have 5 members of the lower house, according to the constitution, so thats why. NT was given its second by a statute-The Liberal party would've lost it if altogether if it was one seat, and the ALP had one in the bag and a chance at a second that they didn't want to pass up. (In the end, the swing seat went to the coalition and the firm ALP seat wet to the ALP)

I think they should have more MPs, to lower the effect of the difference. Add another 50 or so.

[PADem]

New Zealand is an exception. At 4 million people it has a seat for every 58,000.

Makes me think the U.S. needs some more congressional districts.

It's slightly more than that if you include the Maori seats. Yes thats right, to the bain of conservatives everywhere, my homeland (i was born there) has 7 out of 120 (soon to be seats reserved for those  elected only by people of Maori descent who chose to vote in a Maori electorate. (The Maori  are NZ's indigenous people)

[Platypus]

myeh. Basically, Lingiari would possibly be majority Aboriginal, so i suppose that could count as their voice. In terms of seats based on ethnicity, we don't go for that kinda thing here. Also, out naive population is a LOT smaller then NZ's (only about 2%).