[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

The primary effect of this proposal would be to further increase the present overrepresentation of a rural voters in national politics.

I think you might have been able to make that case prior to Reynolds v. Sims, which forced all chambers of the state legislatures to represent people proportionally (one man = one vote). The resulting representation in statehouses tends to be concentrated in urban and suburban areas, if I'm not mistaken.

[M. Dodge Thomas]

I think you might have been able to make that case prior to Reynolds v. Sims, which forced all chambers of the state legislatures to represent people proportionally (one man = one vote).

You are correct, the disproportion of representation was a *lot* greater before Reynolds. Now, it's just the result of Gerrymandering. And that can *still* make a lot of difference. (Just ask congressional Democrats in Texas, who recently had their heads handed to them on a redistricting map).