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BumRushDaShow

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12. Good story and goood example!

Reply to moniss (Reply #11)

Mon Sep 15, 2025, 06:48 PM

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And this is one of the problems when it comes to Congress, where the law that fixed the number of seats in the House to "435", was passed in 1912 when the nation's population was ~92 million. We're now at 340 million so each district is averaging something over 782,000 constituents (for those states that have populations that high, otherwise they get an at-Large seat).

The number of seats MUST be increased to handle the modern population as it's obvious that it's impossible to get that "door to door" feel from the candidate.

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Democrats activate weeklong voter drive to offset critical registration losses [View all] BumRushDaShow Monday OP

Gosh! A whole week!? LuvLoogie Monday #1

Hope they don't overexert themselves awesomerwb1 Monday #2

People had better realize moniss Monday #3

I think there have been such continuous drives, but done by dozens of Democratic party-affiliated organizations BumRushDaShow Monday #5

Also too often the leadership can forget that moniss Monday #7

I know I have had many canvassers come through my neighborhood BumRushDaShow Monday #9

Back in the very early 2000's I knew a guy in moniss Monday #11

Good story and goood example! BumRushDaShow Monday #12

Great point. nt moniss Monday #13

Hope they took a few minutes to discuss why voters might be registering GOPer, rather than Democratic. Silent Type Monday #4

I think it's more that voters are registering as "Unaffiliated" or "Independent" vs GOP BumRushDaShow Monday #6

Dems lost a total of 2.1 million registered voters from 2020 to 2024. Meanwhile, the Republican party gained 2.4 million progree Monday #8

But that doesn't mean that they were Democrats becoming Republicans BumRushDaShow Monday #10

The Gallup poll: "do you consider yourself...". The Guardian quote in #8 is about registration progree Monday #14