Good question.
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What this map shows above all else is that Congress isn't filled with Representatives as envisioned by the Founding Fathers, but rather the political class.
Your Representative should actually represent you as close as possible. That cannot ever happen with only 435 people. Each one "represents" close to million people, which is total bullshit.
1 Representative per 50,000 people, the way it was conceived, and Congress will start working the way it ought to. If it isn't done, Congress remains forever an elite club that represents special interests and lobbying groups.
6900 congressmen?
Seems legit.
Does create another problem of giving the senate a lot more power. Maybe we should think outside the box a bit more on this?
It might not be THE solution, but it would be a start.
6900 congressmen with no office in Washington without a huge paycheck from the government would mean actual representation of everyone in the legislative branch. You'd still get special interests trying to buy people, but buying 7000 people all over the country and keeping them inline with the central party line is going to be way more difficult.
Especially if they risk getting punched in the face by their angry constituents.
BINGO!
It is 1 per 30k in the Constitution. I don't disagree with anything you said, but the end result would be the same in terms of the ratio of seats because the blue areas have more population.