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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Deviant I know the original intention was that they represent their district but gerrymandering has proven that that it's too easy to abuse this setup. To truly reflect the will of the people I think we have to base it on something else. Here's what I've come up with after an hour or so of thought.
States will have on their ballots a section that says something to the effect of "House Majority" which lists the main political parties (Democrats, Republicans, Greens, Libertarians, and whatever else). You vote for who you want to control the house. After doing that you see two columns that list the candidates running for House seats in the state by party (most will be Democrats and Republicans but if others are running they'll be there). You'll bubble in who you want to win a seat from greatest to least (so if there are ten house seats you're shown ten candidates for each party) and whoever gets the greatest number of 1s gets in first, greatest number of 2s is second, etc. So say we have a state with ten house seats and the Republicans have a sixty percent majority in the national popular vote. This means that the first six of the candidates on their ticket would get in while the top four for the Dems would get in.
It's not perfect by any means and I'll likely revise this idea after several people have critiqued it but at least it gives the state a House setup that matches it's population. We won't get BS like what happened in PA.
The Democrats got 50% of the vote but due to gerrymandering they only won 27% of the House seats which is 5 out of 18.
edited 11th Nov '12 6:51:38 PM by Kostya
Okay stop.
You want to stop Gerrymandering? Then we should get independent commissions to do the redistricting process.
Its a far less convoluted plan, and would probably be far less expensive to implant.
Representatives are supposed to reflect the will of the people in their district, not the will of everyone in their state.
If the districts were created without bias, then this wouldn't be a problem.
edited 11th Nov '12 7:01:17 PM by DeviantBraeburn
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No matter how independent they are they could still make mistakes. I'm going for maximum accuracy in terms of representing the will of the people. I admit that might not be the easiest solution when all is said and done but I at least want to try and figure out how to make this work.
Forget biased. I want the map to be a true representation of the will of the state's people. Districts just don't seem like they can achieve this so I feel the need to come up with an alternative method.
edited 11th Nov '12 7:02:36 PM by Kostya
I still like the "party in power designs twice as many ridings as are necessary, party out of power fuses the pairs to form the final set of ridings" approach.
Share it so that people can get into this conversation, 'cause we're not the only ones who think like this.Edit: Ah, I get it now.
edited 11th Nov '12 7:04:17 PM by RadicalTaoist
Share it so that people can get into this conversation, 'cause we're not the only ones who think like this.![]()
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Every system makes mistakes. For example, in your system, someone might come in from a party that people like, but who people don't want. Like, he lied a lot, or something, during the campaign. Or everyone votes Republican because they want an extreme conservative, but, instead, they get a bunch of RINOs, or something like that.
Senate Majority Leader Reid assures Senator Sanders he won’t agree to cuts in Social Security
Who determines which position candidates get on a ticket?
edited 11th Nov '12 7:35:05 PM by DeviantBraeburn
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Is this what going off the Fiscal Cliff would mean?
Senator Sherrod Brown: Karl Rove was 'pathetic' on Election Night
Senator Graham: Petraeus testimony to Congress on Benghazi attack ‘essential’
edited 11th Nov '12 8:15:47 PM by DeviantBraeburn
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... How would you even run for House Seats?
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