AmericanProgress.org: The Impact of Partisan Gerrymandering (Oct 2019)
"The impacts of gerrymandering are comparable to switching the majority of votes in 22 states."
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- Mon Mar 14, 2022 9:53 pm
- Forum: Section 5: Eliminate gerrymandering to achieve true representation
- Topic: Article: The Impact of Partisan Gerrymandering
- Replies: 0
- Views: 9860
- Mon Mar 14, 2022 9:46 pm
- Forum: Section 4: Overcome the incumbency advantage
- Topic: Low approval ratings and high reelection rates
- Replies: 0
- Views: 13388
- Mon Mar 14, 2022 9:30 pm
- Forum: Section 3: Take Control Away form the Special Interest groups
- Topic: Insider Trading on Russia's war against Ukraine
- Replies: 0
- Views: 11152
Insider Trading on Russia's war against Ukraine
It appears that both Democratic and Republican Congress members have profited from insider trading ahead of the Russia-Ukraine war, according to this report from Jesse Watters, who observes that "It doesn't matter what party you belong to, the role of the People's House is to protect us, not me...
- Mon Oct 07, 2013 1:52 pm
- Forum: Section 2: “Article the first” of the Bill of Rights
- Topic: Continuing the Pattern in Article the First
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9219
Re: Continuing the Pattern in Article the First
... I recently decided to see what the House size would be based on each U.S. census if the same proposed pattern in Article the First were continued... Given your analysis and interest in math, you will want to download & read " The Minimum and Maximum Size of the U. S. House of Represent...
- Sat Oct 05, 2013 9:14 am
- Forum: Section 10: Achieving the revolutionary vision
- Topic: Broaden our base
- Replies: 9
- Views: 23916
Re: Broaden our base
Have you heard of petitions.whitehouse.gov. Dave, supporters have posted petitions at Whitehouse.gov - for example this one , there may be more. (Their site has apparently been turned off during this government "shutdown".) Also, see the posting in this forum about another petition. I bel...
- Sat Oct 05, 2013 8:58 am
- Forum: Section 10: Achieving the revolutionary vision
- Topic: Connecticut Ratification found?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 30646
Re: Connecticut Ratification found?
There is a petition to sign now. It's at MoveOn.org.... isn't that a liberal website? I consider myself a conservative, but this cause is definitely cross-parties. I just signed that petition. Thank you for letting us know about it. You are correct: Representational enlargement is a truly non-parti...
- Sun Jul 07, 2013 5:56 pm
- Forum: Section 10: Achieving the revolutionary vision
- Topic: 3rd Chamber of Citizens
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12357
Re: 3rd Chamber of Citizens
Unfortunately, far too few people are even aware of the problem of oversized congressional districts and the oligarchy of 435, let alone the solution (as intended by "Article the first" of the Bill of Rights). With so few people who understand the problem or the solution, we are a long way...
- Sun Mar 03, 2013 9:14 am
- Forum: Section 10: Achieving the revolutionary vision
- Topic: A book. We need a book.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 46141
Re: No Book
Douglas,I appreciate your comments. we might seek out a gifted cartoonist or animator to tell the story. Explaining the need for smaller congressional districts, as well as the fascinating history of Article the first , could best be done via a series of compelling short videos that have the qualiti...
- Sun Mar 03, 2013 8:29 am
- Forum: Section 10: Achieving the revolutionary vision
- Topic: Connecticut Ratification found?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 30646
Re: Connecticut Ratification found?
Apparently the Supreme Court refused to receive the case. That is disappointing. Regretfully, I did not delve into this particular case as I wanted to, but I will when I can. I do want to understand the CT ratification and the other assertions made. SCOTUS did the same thing in Clemons et al. v. U....
- Sat Mar 02, 2013 3:30 pm
- Forum: Section 10: Achieving the revolutionary vision
- Topic: Getting Past the Mental Blocks
- Replies: 9
- Views: 17293
Re: Getting Past the Mental Blocks
Talk has been made of not "housing" the body in one central place. 3. I would like to know how this large body will not end up entangled in argument? They are "entangled in argument" now. They would be entangled in argument if there were only 100 of them (see the Senate). That i...
- Sat Mar 02, 2013 2:54 pm
- Forum: Repealing the 17th Amendment: Pros and Cons
- Topic: Repealing the 17th amendment
- Replies: 31
- Views: 65773
Re: Repealing the 17th amendment
What about continuing to allow the citizens to vote for their Senators, and removing the corruptive MONEY from public elections? Public Offices should not be for PRIVATE gain. Money will never be removed from the process. There is no way to eliminate money without eliminating freedom of speech - SC...
- Sat Mar 02, 2013 2:28 pm
- Forum: Take it outside!
- Topic: Bill of Rights for Voter Equality
- Replies: 1
- Views: 9217
Re: Bill of Rights for Voter Equality
Marcia, I moved this topic to start its own thread. As you know, some of those proposals I agree with, and some I do not. And some of the ones I agree with can probably be better implemented through legislation rather than a constitutional amendment. I don't want to get into specifics, other than to...
- Wed May 30, 2012 8:39 pm
- Forum: Take it outside!
- Topic: State versus Federal power
- Replies: 2
- Views: 12627
Re: State versus Federal power
I personally feel that the way to reach the goal of more effective representation of the people by the government is not to increase the size of the Federal government, but rather to drastically reduce it (particularly the Executive Branch), and for cities/counties (parishes)/states to take on a gr...
- Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:58 am
- Forum: Section 10: Achieving the revolutionary vision
- Topic: A book. We need a book.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 46141
Re: A book. We need a book.
A book has already been written "Article the first of the Bill of Rights", Bryan W. Brickner Unfortunately, much of Brickner's book was derived (if not plagiarized) from content which was posted in 2004 and 2005 on the Thirty-Thousand.org website. I had an e-mail exchange with the author ...
- Sat Nov 12, 2011 10:19 pm
- Forum: Section 10: Achieving the revolutionary vision
- Topic: File in Federal Court for more seats
- Replies: 4
- Views: 11043
Re: File in Federal Court for more seats
The text does not in any way require one per 30,000. That is correct. The Constitution requires only that the minimum population size of a congressional district be 30,000. The need for smaller congressional districts rests upon many other arguments which are outlined in "Taking Back Our Repub...
- Fri Oct 07, 2011 9:51 am
- Forum: Feedback on TTO's Website or Forum
- Topic: Twitter account or political party
- Replies: 1
- Views: 23602
Re: Twitter account or political party
I do have a Twitter account, which I don't use very much, mainly due to lack of time. http://twitter.com/#!/JEQuidam Regarding political parties, I personally have no interest in those as they tend to be largely self-serving. I'm more interested in political movements than parties. We need a more in...
- Thu Sep 08, 2011 9:32 am
- Forum: Take it outside!
- Topic: What is the best size for a district?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14956
Re: What is the best size for a district?
IMO…it was not the fall below 30,000 that were the concerns, it was the rise above 30,000 that he vetoed. I now realize that the data you provided is incorrect (relative to this analysis), which is adding to the confusion here. Before I get to that, let me explain why President Washington and I are...
- Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:55 am
- Forum: Take it outside!
- Topic: What is the best size for a district?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14956
Re: What is the best size for a district?
Do you see why, President Washington vetoed the first Apportionment Bill! President Washington provided two reasons. The most indisputable reason was that the Constitution specified that the district population size (as calculated) could not fall below 30,000 . In Congress's first apportionment pro...
- Mon Aug 22, 2011 3:52 pm
- Forum: Take it outside!
- Topic: Salaries of House and their staff members
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9524
Re: Salaries of House and their staff members
As significant as they are, the salaries are a small piece of the puzzle. You have to look at the entirety of the problem. Representational enlargement produces a net cost reduction . This is explained in section 7 of of "Taking Back Our Republic". That section is titled "Enlarging Re...
- Sat Aug 13, 2011 5:44 pm
- Forum: Take it outside!
- Topic: Conference on the Constitutional Convention
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9167
Re: Conference on the Constitutional Convention
I wish people would quit erroneously calling an Article V convention a "Constitutional Convention", because it isn't!! (That subject is discussed elsewhere in this forum .) Perpetuating the myth that it's possible to authorize a "constitutional convention" dooms these efforts fr...
- Fri Aug 12, 2011 4:55 pm
- Forum: Take it outside!
- Topic: Created a C Program
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13028
Re: Created a C Program
Anyway, when I got to the census data for 1810, I noticed something that seems very incorrect. Be sure to review all the data and information provided at the links on the bottom of the following pages: The " Historical Annual Population of the United States " page, in particular the data ...
- Fri Aug 12, 2011 9:00 am
- Forum: Section 10: Achieving the revolutionary vision
- Topic: Form letter for sending to state representaives
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9557
Re: Form letter for sending to state representaives
I think it would be ideal to place a form letter from a link on the website and the facebook page that you could send in an email to your local state representatives... Getting people to write their state representatives in support of representational enlargement could be very helpful. Note however...
- Sun Aug 07, 2011 2:58 pm
- Forum: Public Opinion and Polls
- Topic: Only 17% believe U.S. government has consent of the governed
- Replies: 0
- Views: 22449
Only 17% believe U.S. government has consent of the governed
This is the lowest level measured yet. More from that poll... Only eight percent (8%) believe the average member of Congress listens to his or her constituents more than to their party leaders. ... Eighty-four percent (84%) think the average congressman listens to party leaders more than the voters ...
- Sat Aug 06, 2011 8:23 am
- Forum: Take it outside!
- Topic: Created a C Program
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13028
Re: Created a C Program
(which was based on 2000 census, you'd be surprised how different it is from what actually happened) If you are saying that your apportionment results are different than that actually implemented, then I know what is happening. The USCB provides two sets of population data which are slightly differ...
- Thu Aug 04, 2011 6:08 pm
- Forum: Take it outside!
- Topic: Created a C Program
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13028
Re: Created a C Program
I've created a C program which automatically apportions the states based on entered criteria. ... I wish I had that a couple of years ago! I've already created a set of massive spreadsheets that calculates the apportionment for every house size between 200 and 10,000, and for every apportionment me...