re: #35 aatharuv

This might be mitigated as some of the large RED states start going purple and finally blue. Of course this doesn’t change the structural inbalance but it changes the political imbalance.

Of course, the real issue is that the Senate has the power of appointments unchecked by the House, and the House’s main differentiator, the power to introduce spending bills is counteracted by the usual Senate blockage.

The imbalance could be mitigated, by giving the House a block on appointments. That introduces more gridlock, but __might__* force the House and Senate to actually work, if the Senate can’t do anything while completely blocking the House’s agenda.

*I know, I’m optimistic, but even Mitch McConnell would be furious if he couldn’t get a single judicial appointment through…

To me, the interesting wild card is if Texas starts going purple and even blue and based on what I saw in the midterms, I think it’s a possibility this time. If the Republicans lose Texas as a sure fire win in electoral politics, they’re going to lose it but that’s a lot of EVs lost. It’s already been tough for them seeing California go completely Democratic.