Equalizing the States
February 1st, 2010 | 1 Comment
electoral college reform : This is pretty interesting. Click through for a much larger map.
By no means do I think this should happen, but I think it’s interesting that South Dakota falls into the new state of “High Plains,” which is the biggest, geography wise. Logic tells me that this region is the most sparsely populated in the country.
The organization of the states should be altered. This Electoral Reform Map redivides the territory of the United States into 50 bodies of equal size. The 2000 Census records a population of 281,421,906 for the United States. The states ranged in population from 493,782 to 33,871,648. In this map, new states have formed, all with equal populations of roughly 5,617,000.
I love the names he picked too. Where does he get “St. Croix” for Minnesota?
What happens when population shifts? Do we re-draw again?
February 2nd, 2010 at 7:58 am (#)
Yeah….that doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. Granted populations most likely won’t shift that much but that’s suppose to be why the electoral college exists…to distribute the votes according to population.
btw…that region would be called “St. Croix” I’m assuming because of the fact the St. Croix river runs down the center of it.