How ironic that the Republicans are waiting on the Red districts of California to reclaim the House

@LeopoldBloom Not totally, but you're right -- it would have been much Bluer. But the people voted for the nonpartisan commission because the Legislature refused to create one. When we say we embrace diversity, we mean it.

@LeopoldBloom the foundation is layed out by the architects of the constitution, which clearly states large populations do not have a greater say than less populated areas. If you observe the National map of the house of reps race it clearly shows the reason for that logic. Large cities may make their own ordences, they do NOT need to be National Law's.

@checkoutanytime But they shouldn't be based on what gives an advantage to one or the other political party. That long skinny California district in your map wasn't drawn that way by the non-partisan commission because it favored a political party, but because it is a sparsely populated strip of the Sierra Nevada mountain range having similar issues.

@dancingtongue they are not intended, agreed.

@checkoutanytime At the time, there were 2.5 million people in the entire US. The idea that one state could have 40 million people was inconceivable to the founders.

However, I'm aware of the historical reasons for why states have equal representation in the Senate. My problem is with how the House is gerrymandered to give the Republicans an unfair advantage by packing Democrats into fewer districts. All district boundaries should be drawn by a nonpartisan commission; the way we do it now violates Article IV, Section 4. Also, each House district should have an equal number of people. If that means the House has 2000 members, so be it. The only other way would be to have one representative for multiple states to maintain equal populations with the current number of House members.

@dancingtongue Governor Schwarzenegger was responsible for the nonpartisan commission. But if California does it that way, so should every other state.

@LeopoldBloomFormer Governor Schwarzenegger through his foundation at USC was the major force in getting the nonpartisan commission on the ballot and passed -- but it still required a direct vote of the people by ballot proposition rather than expecting politicians in either political party to do it legislatively.