re: #171 sagehen

We could solve the electoral college problem without a constitutional amendment. Just enlarge the House.

The last time we expanded the House, to its current 435, was 1927. The population of the country was less than 130 million that year. If we up the House to 700 or 800, then EC results would line up with the popular vote.

There’d still be the problem of the Senate, with 70% of the seats being for States that have 30% of the people… but at least the EC would be okay.

Not necessarily. The EC is tied to apportionment. Increasing the size of the House raises the question of “how to we allot these new seats”. Even if you use the current formulas, you still need to do the math to figure out how much it would actually shift the EC vote. I’m not sure it would shift it that much.