There are many problems with our government: campaign donors buying representative votes, a runaway executive branch without a strong or reactive legislative branch to reign it in, and a political environment that feels more like team sports than the group project that our founders intended.

One radical solution is to increase the size of the house. More representatives means less people per representative, which brings a wealth of benefits: house races are less expensive, meaning that wealth is less of a filter on who can serve. Gerrymandering loses most of its power. Outside interests have much less incentive to buy a vote with campaign donations. More possibility for engagement allows for more people to engage with the political process and become informed on the issues at stake. This list could go on, but I've seen enough posts in this sub to know that it is a popular idea right now.

Until 1929 the House increased with the population, but since then, the House has stayed stagnant, even as the population grew to 330 million, with the current ratio of one representative for every 750,000 people. Many news agencies have written stories recently about how the House could pass a bill increasing the size of the House to allow for actual representation, but that faces a critical issue. No representative wants to give up their power. But there's another option: 27 states could ratify the Congressional Apportionment Amendment , which would put the size of the house at 6,629 for the 2028 election cycle.

You don't have to contact your federal representative, but you should call your state legislators (usually representative and senator) and ask them to introduce a bill ratifying the amendment. You can find their contact info at https://www.commoncause.org/find-your-representative/ . Call them. Call their competitors in the current elections. Explain to your neighbors and friends how expanding the house would fix many political issues, and get them to call too. The best thing a state incumbent could do to make a name for himself is by making history, and by persuading him to act you can participate in getting a national conversation started.

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