Representation is the foundation of our democratic model. However, the feeling that we are not adequately represented in Congress is universal. Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, old school Whigs. Regardless of your political persuasion or declared affiliation, everyone agrees that our representative democracy is lacking… well, representation.
In an effort to explore this issue, we are offering an interactive way to envision new representation models. Grab your powdered wig and pull up your breeches, you're now a founding father (or mother or person or whatever). You can see in real time what the House might look like if every 30,000 citizens really had a single representative to call their own (like originally prescribed in the Constitution) or if the number of a state's Senators allocated were based on pet cats per capita (jk).
The original way has seen its fair share of changes, and from the cheap seats we're sitting in, some more change might not be a bad idea.
Figure out the secret sauce and save our democracy!
For the purposes of being able to compare the past to the present, here are a couple of basic scenario rules we'll pretend are real.
What's representation good for if no one is ever held to any standards? Tinker with the thresholds below to see who might be on thin ice because of age, term limits, or — god forbid — skipping work.
This panel is purely informational. It has no effect on, and is not affected by, the reallocation scenarios on the Representation tab.
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