3/18/22

House it Going?: The Case for Expanding the House of Representatives

A video advocating the facts for house expansion.

The United States is facing a growing representation crisis. While the US population continues to grow, the number of elected officials representing them at the highest levels of government has not changed in more than a century. As a result, the United States has one of the most disproportionate representation ratios in the world.

At the current rate of US population growth, the average Congressional representative will serve one million constituents by 2050; compounding feelings of inadequate representation which already exist in and permeate our democracy today. Fortunately, there is an easy solution, expanding the US House of Representatives.

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