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I wanted to look it up and this is what I found:

>With the compromise constitutional ratio (1:30,000) in mind and given that the U.S. Census Bureau reports that there are currently about 313.9 million inhabitants of the United States, if the Constitution were being followed, there would be approximately 10,463 members of the House of Representatives.

https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/2157...

I'd be okay with this. It would really change the make up of our government. Senators would seem far more powerful in comparison.

The electoral college would be completely different as well. Using the population data on Wikipedia, at 1:30,000 California would have 1309 representatives and Wyoming would have 20. That would mean in the electoral college California would be worth 1311 points and Wyoming 22 vs 55 and 3 today.



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