Would DC get one or two House seats for Statehood
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Anonymous
| I'm actually curious about this. |
Anonymous
| Each House district represents approx 700,000 people. So one. |
Anonymous
Thats not true at all |
Anonymous
How is this not true? |
Anonymous
| LMAO why even think about something that's never going to happen? |
Anonymous
Because its wrong AF and you know it |
Anonymous
Ummm... tell us what you think the right answer is then? |
Anonymous
The average size of a district is (currently) 700,000-750,000 people (it's increased substantially as population has increased without the number of seats increasing). But there is a lot of variation, so it is untrue to say that each district has 700,000 people. Examples: Montana (at-large) has nearly 1 million people. Rhode Island's two districts have only about half a million people each. |
Anonymous
| My guess is that they will increase the size of the House, if DC ever gets statehood. It's a small compromise so rural states with 2-3 House Reps doesn't lose a seat. |
Anonymous
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First, DC statehood will never happen, so this is just a theoretical entertainment.
Second, the size of the House of Representatives is capped by law at the current 435 members. It is unlikely to be overturned very soon, but in the event that it does, it should be 1 representative and some state, most likely a large Democratic state will lose a representative. But if the 1.05M residents of Montana only have one representative, it is unlikely that the 693K residents of Washington DC would get more than one representative. If you want more information about the history of the current limit of 435 and discussion about representation numbers, check out this page: http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/05/31/u-s-population-keeps-growing-but-house-of-representatives-is-same-size-as-in-taft-era/ |
Anonymous
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The Congress should lift the limits. As it is, a vote in one place is not (relatively) equal to a vote in another.
Second, if DC were to become a state, it would have one Rep and two Senators, just like Wyoming, Montana and other small population states. Third, it won't happen in my lifetime. |
Anonymous
| If DC joined MD prior to the next census would DC have it’s own Representative? |
Anonymous
| One. San Francisco is larger and yet 90 - 95 percent is in the 12th district (represented by Nancy Pelosi) |
Anonymous
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One House seat, two Senate seats.
It is a travesty that DC residents don’t haw senators when GOP SCOTUS judges decided Heller, putting guns in the hands of DC residents against the will of the city. Senators voted to confirm GOP judges who make DC less safe, and DC doesn’t even get a vote. As a DC resident, I want two senators ASAP. 2020. |
Anonymous
| DC should get at LEAST 8 house seats - one for each ward. |