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The Importance of Expanding the House of Representatives
In 2004, a gay marriage ban on the ballot in Ohio could have flipped the electoral college. Back to back elections where the popular vote winner lost the electoral college is not unheard of historically. Congress used to pass legislation to expand the House every decade but stopped doing it in 1929. 435 isn't a magic number that's like in the Constitution or anything like that. It's only so many people you can fit in that room.