Law Professor Richard Pildes Suggests Fairly Simple Fix for U.S. House Gerrymandering

Posted on by July 21, 2026

Law Professor Richard Pildes here presents a plan to add 150 more members of the U.S. House. The new members would be elected statewide, or possibly in large regions of each state that would elect 3 or 4 members. The new members would be chosen in a manner to create proportional representation between each of the two major parties. If the previous statewide vote for U.S. House in a particular state showed that 60% of the electorate favored Republicans, then the new members would be seated so as to create a total delegation from that state in which 60% of the members were Republicans. This aspect would eliminate incentives for state legislatures to draw gerrymandered districts.

It’s unfortunate that his plan doesn’t include minor parties into the proportional system. Also the system doesn’t really work unless a state has party nominees for U.S. House, which is not the case in Alaska, California, Louisiana and Washington.

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Law Professor Richard Pildes Suggests Fairly Simple Fix for U.S. House Gerrymandering — 11 Comments

  1. Pildes’ “plan” basically amounts to fixing gerrymandering by fixing elections even further for the two ruling parties in the name of what is “politically possible”. And the website featuring his scheme has the gall to advertise itself as supposedly having new ideas for democracy. Bah. But at least it’s good to know what these partisan academics are trying to cook up to defend their precious two party system.

  2. TOTAL VOTES / TOTAL MEMBERS = EQUAL VOTES TO ELECT EACH MEMBER

    ALL VOTES COUNT

    NOOO CENSUS MACHINATIONS

    USA H REPS — MOB SCENE SINCE 1872 ELECTION

    EX SLAVE STATES GAINED HIGHER PCT OF TOTAL SEATS — DUE TO END OF 1-2-3 3/5 JUNK COMPROMISE VIA 13 AMDT AND 750,000 DEAD ON ALL SIDES.

  4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proportional_representation

    AROUND SINCE 1820-1840– LIKELY MUCH EARLIER

    GERRYMANDER MONARCHS/OLIGARCHS – ESP OLDE HACKS LOVE MINORITY RULE GERRYMANDERS —-

    1/2 OR LESS VOTES 1/2 RIGGED GERRYMANDER AREAS = 1/4 OR LESS CONTROL

    MUCH WORSE EXTREMIST PRIMARY MATH. — ABOUT 5-12 PCT REAL MINORITY RULE — >>>>

    NEW AGE COMMIES VS FASCISTS — TO GET CONTROL OF WHO N-E-T GETS $$$ TAXES / BORROWED MONEY.

  6. HAVE THE NEW PILDES USA REPS MOB MEET IN THE TYRANT TRUMP BALL ROOM AND PARTY EVERY NIGHT — ESP DAYS/NIGHTS OF UN-DECLARED WARS ???

  10. Any version of proportional representation needs a plan to allocate seats to more than just 2 parties!

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