Electoral reform

[sarisataka]

One idea, make all states equal:

What the U.S. map would look like if each state had the same population
http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/AuuqrjysFrwA9_QLqc2fEg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTY0MA--/

(Neil Freeman)
Ever wonder what America would look like if each state were equal in population?

An artist and urban planner has redrawn the map of the United States to show what it would look like if the same number of people occupied each state.

Neil Freeman's "United States redrawn as Fifty States with Equal Population" takes a radically simple stab at Electoral College reform, preserving its structure and function while simultaneously ending the overrepresentation of small states and underrepresentation of large states in presidential voting by eliminating small and large states altogether.

Using data from the 2010 U.S. Census, Freeman says his map's redrawn boundaries "more closely follow economic patterns, since many states are more centered on one or two metro areas." It also would end varying representation by population in the U.S. House

http://news.yahoo.com/us-map-states-equal-population-165216893.html

[RC]

1. De-gerrymander this country and the Republicans would not have a chance.

[madinmaryland]

2. Heh! That would make graham4whatever's 80-20 split in the Senate quite possible!!!

Then we might really have Michelle Obama 2024/2028 and Chelsea Clinton 2032/2036!!