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SexyDoorDasherDude OP t1_j388ctm wrote

Reply to comment by BroIBeliveAtYou in [OC] Relative Share of Representation in the US Congress Compared to Lowest Represented State Leaves Montana with 80% More Representation in the House. by SexyDoorDasherDude

Yes its interesting considering that states get to choose their own congressional districts, effectively letting the states 'pick' who they will send to congress. The US House is much closer to a 2nd Senate than representative of 'the people'.

If im from Delaware for example, Im very mad about that.

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BroIBeliveAtYou t1_j38a19d wrote

Yeah, my post showed how it's even crazier in Europe.

For example, Malta gets one representative for every 86,017 people, whereas Germany gets one representative for every 866,198 people. So, effectively, a person from Malta has 10x the voting power as someone from Germany.

In your scenario, if Congress expanded to match the representation Montana gets, it would be expanding from 435 seats to 610.

If the EU expanded to match the representation Malta gets, it would be expanding from 750 seats to 5,197.

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I'd also like to note that from 2012-2022, Montana was the state with the least amount of representation. It switched from "least" to "most" by picking up a seat following the 2020 census.

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SexyDoorDasherDude OP t1_j38aiw8 wrote

Thats very undemocratic. What is so special about Malta?

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BroIBeliveAtYou t1_j38b5im wrote

It's small, and the EU has a minimum number of seats a country gets (six).

Again, comparing it to Germany's "1 for every 866,198":

  • Luxembourg gets 1 for every 105,788
  • Cyprus gets 1 for every 149,335
  • Estonia gets 1 for every 190,010
  • Slovenia gets 1 for every 233,622

so on so forth

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