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Likely it means that big cities would get all the reps and the rest of the state gets nothing.



As that is where most of the people live, why is it wrong? Why does largely unpopulated land get a vote?


This. Why do voters living in rural areas get more weight to their votes? This is obviously more pronounced in the Senate, but clearly also a problem in the House.


A better route would be proportional representation. You vote for a party-ranked list of candidates, and the top n% of the list gets into office based on the fraction of the vote the party received. Unlike single-member plurality voting, this makes third parties viable.




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