New Hampshire with a reasonable house size (50. down from 400 or what ever)

[Strudelcutie4427]

1. Central Nashua (D+10)
2. Hudson (R+8)
3. Merrimack (R+5)
4. Northern Nashua (D+4)
5. Southern Nashua (D+5)
6. Pelham and Windham (R+13)
7. Salem (R+11)
8. Londonderry (R+7)
9. Litchfield/SE Manchester (R+6)
10. West Derry (R+7)
11. East Derry, Auburn, Chester, Sandown (R+11)
12. Hampstead, Atkinson, Plaistow, Danville (R+13)
13. Kingston, Fremont, Brentwood, Newton, Kensington, S Hampton (R+9)
14. Seabrook, Hampton, Hampton Falls (R+4)
15. Portsmouth, Rye, Newcastle (D+14)
16. Exeter, Stratham, N Hampton (D+5)
17. Durham, Newmarket, Newington, Greenland (D+14)
18. Candia, Raymond, Nottingham, Epping, Newfields (R+7)
19. Lee, Madbury, Dover (D+10)
20. Dover, Rollinsford, Somersworth (D+7)
21. Rochester (R+3)
22. Northern Rochester, Farmington, Milton, New Durham, Wakefield (R+9)
23. Deerfield, Epsom, Northwood, Barrington, Strafford (R+5)
24. Hooksett, Pembroke, Allentown (R+4)
25. Downtown Manchester (D+8)
26. Northern Manchester (D+6)
27. NW Manchester, Goffstown (R+3)
28. SW Manchester (D+3)
29. Bedford, New Boston (R+9)
30. Amherst, Hollis, Mont Vernon, Brookline (R+2)
31. Milford, Mason, Greenfield, Wilton, Temple, Lyndeborough (R+2)
32. New Ipswich, Rindge, Swanzey, Fitzwilliam, Richmond (R+4)
33. Peterboro, Jaffrey, Keene, Dublin, Roxbury, Hancock (D+13)
34. Winchester, Chesterfield, Keene, Hinsdale (D+13)
35. Northern Cheshire Co, Southern Sullivan Co (D+2)
36. Bow, Dunbarton, Weare, Francestown, Deering, Antrim (R+4)
37. Eastern Concord (D+12)
38. Western Concord, Hopkinton, Henniker (D+11)
39. Sunapee, Wilmot, New London, Warner, Sutton, Hillsborough (EVEN)
40. Franklin, Northfield, Boscawen, Canterbury, Hill, Andover (R+1)
41. Claremont, Newport, Cornish, Croydon, Grantham (D+2)
42. Plainfield, Lebanon, Hanover (D+24)
43. Plymouth, Enfield, Canaan, Bristol, Hebron, Groton (D+7)
44. Loudon, Chichester, Pittsfield, Barnstead, Belmont, Gilmanton (R+8)
45. Laconia, Gilford, Alton (R+7)
46. Meredith, New Hampton, Tilton, Sanbornton, Holderness (R+4)
47. Southern Carroll Co (R+6)
48. Haverhill, Thornton, Campton, Littleton, Rumney (R+3)
49. White Mountains (D+7)
50. Most of Coos Co (EVEN)

[jimrtex]

Why is 400 unreasonable?

What is the point of having a Senate with 24 members and a House of 50?

[Tintrlvr]

Why is 400 unreasonable?

What is the point of having a Senate with 24 members and a House of 50?

Because at that point why not just hold a public referendum on all legislation? 400 seats in a state the size of New Hampshire means that a good 200 if not more of the legislators are basically mindless randos who contribute nothing.

[jimrtex]

Why is 400 unreasonable?

What is the point of having a Senate with 24 members and a House of 50?

Because at that point why not just hold a public referendum on all legislation? 400 seats in a state the size of New Hampshire means that a good 200 if not more of the legislators are basically mindless randos who contribute nothing.

You are saying that they are representative of the people?

[Tintrlvr]

Why is 400 unreasonable?

What is the point of having a Senate with 24 members and a House of 50?

Because at that point why not just hold a public referendum on all legislation? 400 seats in a state the size of New Hampshire means that a good 200 if not more of the legislators are basically mindless randos who contribute nothing.

You are saying that they are representative of the people?

Legislators are supposed to be more than mouthpieces of the people. They're supposed to be professionals with greater knowledge of process and law than the public as a whole who, yes, represent the public's interests but also have the skills needed to craft legislation that is better than what a group of random voters left in a room together for a few hours could do. Otherwise, you might as well use an Athenian drawing of the lots to select legislators, which would be at least as representative of the public (assuming you had enough randomly selected legislators) as actually holding elections. New Hampshire's House of Representatives is a lot more like the Athenian random lot-drawing than professionals.

[Nyvin]

400 works great,  I don't see any reason to change it.

Less vulnerable to gerrymandering as well.

What I would change is how they're elected.   Each rep should have their own district,  rather than townships electing slates of reps.   Kinda pointless since everyone just votes 100% dem or GOP 95% of the time.

[Lachi]

400 works great,  I don't see any reason to change it.

Less vulnerable to gerrymandering as well.

What I would change is how they're elected.   Each rep should have their own district,  rather than townships electing slates of reps.   Kinda pointless since everyone just votes 100% dem or GOP 95% of the time.

That's impossible. As already shown, it's extremely difficult to keep within pop. deviation with even 50 districts.

[BBD]

I see no reason to change this current system. IMO, it allows for better representation and it makes it much easier for everyday citizens to run for office. It's part of what makes NH distinctive.

This video immediately came to mind:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E68RI-D9kw0

Every vote actually counts!!!