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This is a completely valid concern, and is the reason why many people believe single person electorates fail to offer equal representation. Luckily there is an alternative: proportional representation. Meaning your district would be represented by multiple people. In my opinion a well represented district should have at least 30 members (but ideally closer to 300). For example if you are of the working class, and want representation from someone to represent you that also belongs to the working class you can vote for—say—the workers party, and if your district had 100 members, that party would only need 1% of the votes and you’ll have your preferred representation.

In fact in many democracies with proportional representation so often had special women‘s parties which were voted into the national assembly when women were fighting for equal representation back in the 60s-80s



We don’t elect “parties” in the USA, we elect people. There’s no mention of political parties in the US constitution nor in most US state constitutions. This is a feature, not a bug.


You do effectively elect parties as long as the ballots mentions political party affiliation of each candidate.


Or as long as political parties are allowed to endorse candidates.

Ironically Cuba’s national assembly is the only one I can think of where political parties aren’t allowed to endorse candidates.


This is largely fiction, given how large a portion of the electorate will care more about party affiliation than anything else.

It's the kind of broken, bad feature thought up by people assuming everyone would be as politically invested as themselves.




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