The First Hundred Days of the Obama Administration

Alex · 01-23-2009, 12:51 PM

It does, however, rely on never ever allowing Guam to transition from territory to state. (Just noticed I was sloppy in my quick spreadsheet and my numbers above include Puerto Rico.)

Using the 2 for the smallest method, with Guam in the picture that bumps things up to 3,518 members of the House. Even Wyoming would have six.

Moonliner · 01-23-2009, 01:19 PM

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It does, however, rely on never ever allowing Guam to transition from territory to state. (Just noticed I was sloppy in my quick spreadsheet and my numbers above include Puerto Rico.)

Using the 2 for the smallest method, with Guam in the picture that bumps things up to 3,518 members of the House. Even Wyoming would have six.

I don't know about Guam, But the District of Columbia is pushing for statehood and Obama is on record supporting it.

Moonliner · 01-23-2009, 01:21 PM

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Alex · 01-23-2009, 01:25 PM

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I don't know about Guam, But the District of Columbia is pushing for statehood and Obama is on record supporting it.

There are more people in DC than in Wyoming so admission of DC wouldn't significantly change the numbers (DC would get 1 or 2 depending on the method but wouldn't change the multiple).

To quantify the overtilt of geography in federal government:

Wyoming gets one elected federal position per 174,277 people.
Texas (California is not worst off) gets one elected federal position per 703,070 people.

Just looking at the House, the best person to congress ratio is Wyoming again at 522,830 people per congressman while Montana has 957,861 for their single congressman. But this skew is more agnostic to rural/urban nature of the state.

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