US Territories that should be states.

[nkpolitics1212]

PR- population is higher than IA, lower than UT. PR should get 4 US House Members and 6ev.
DC- population is higher than VT and WY. DC should get 1 US House Members and 3ev.

US should get a total of 52 Governors.
US should get a total of 104 US Senators
US should get a total of 440 US House Members.
US should get a total of 544 Electoral Votes.

538 plus 6(PR)- 544 Electoral Votes.

[WA-03 Democrat]

1. Fivethiryeight.com is going to feel foolish

Fivefortyfour.com I just bought. Call me Nate!

[ColinC]

4. I should buy 547.com

In case they add guam too!

[nkpolitics1212]

6. I picked DC and PR as states based on the population of those states.

DC- 712,816
PR- 3,189,068
The other US Territories Guam,Virgin Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa adds up to
375,590 people.

[DFW]

2. Not only that

Think of the boost to flag-making businesses, who will now have to make up a zillion new flags with 52 stars!

[msongs]

7. all made in china most likely nt

[DFW]

8. Vietnam might get a piece of the pie.

Maybe we can at least secure an international patent in advance?

[moose65]

3. We need MANY more House seats

The current size, 435 members, was set after the 1910 census and hasn't been changed since (except for temporary things when Alaska and Hawaii became states).

[Voltaire2]

5. this.

The house should be at least doubled in size.

[JT45242]

9. Make smallest state (wyoming) equal to 1 rep

If you round down at 0.59 and up at .60 then you end up with 568 in congress with PR (5) and DC (1) based on 2019 population estimates. https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/time-series/demo/popest/2010s-state-total.html.

If you round up at .5, then SD, PR, UT, and AZ get an extra rep each.

California jumps up to 68 and Texas would have 50.

The electoral college becomes 674 (or 678).

It would certainly reduce the tyranny of the minority in the EC.

[moose65]

10. The House needs to have an odd number of members

The Senate has a way to break ties. I don’t think the House does....

How bout 575 House members? Sounds good.