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« on: December 24, 2010, 01:43:29 AM » |
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Rather than using the cube root rule, I think that its better to just say that the average congressional district size cannot exceed the population of the smallest state by more than say 10% or so. If you divide the population of the fifty states by the population of Wyoming there would be about 544 members of the House.
I think there may be a lot of pressure to increase the number of representatives if Rhode Island loses its 2nd seat or if Montana's population reaches 1 million. Also, if/when Puerto Rico becomes a state there would also likely be some sort of permanent increase in the size of the House.
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