▲ 797 ▼ Study: Congress literally doesn’t care what you think. The preferences of the average American appear to have only a miniscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy. (act.represent.us) submitted 2 years ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world 141 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 22 points 2 years ago* (3 children) Each congressperson represents too many people. We need to add seats to the House of Representatives. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Liz@midwest.social 8 points 2 years ago Quintuple the number of seats in each district, use Sequential Proportional Approval Voting to elect the five members of each district. permalink fedilink source parent [–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago Let’s add some seats to the Supreme Court while we’re at it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Asafum@feddit.nl -1 points 2 years ago We can't do that or Republicans will never have control of government. I mean that's a good thing, and we'll finally have some semblance of representation, but it's exactly why we can't do it. :( permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Liz@midwest.social 8 points 2 years ago Quintuple the number of seats in each district, use Sequential Proportional Approval Voting to elect the five members of each district. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago Let’s add some seats to the Supreme Court while we’re at it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Asafum@feddit.nl -1 points 2 years ago We can't do that or Republicans will never have control of government. I mean that's a good thing, and we'll finally have some semblance of representation, but it's exactly why we can't do it. :( permalink fedilink source parent