The House has been set to the same number (435) since 1929 when we only had 120 million people. The average House seat now has 770,000 people. The UK, Canada, and Germany have 70-100k per member of their parliaments for comparison. Seats this large make gerrymandering easier because it is easier to bury more of the opposing political party.

It also makes most seats uncompetitive. Only 37 seats were decided by under 5 points in 2024. I look at increasing the number of seats to 1 per 250k (1390 members-too much) and end up with the 'cube root'. This is similar to what a lot of other democracies have. We end up with 700 House reps with an average of 490k constituents.

https://www.calculatorsoup.com/calculators/algebra/cuberoots.php

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-the-house-got-stuck-at-435-seats/

https://apportionmentcalculator.com/

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/how-gerrymandering-and-fair-maps-affected-battle-house

https://www.federalbudgetchallenge.org/app#/c/29/q/562

https://www.crfb.org/debtfixer