American history nerd Matt Beat joins the guys to breakdown how Congress’s effective cap on representatives is continually eroding our democracy, and how uncapping the House would change that.
You can find Matt’s work at iammrbeat.com or @iammrbeat on most socials.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:35 Matt Beat, the Andy Dufresne of Uncapping the house
4:37 How we got here
7:15 Power dynamics in representation
10:24 When the House stopped expanding
11:10 George Washington’s thoughts on representation
17:13 Comping Bear Bryant to uncapping the house
19:17 Polarization would decrease
22:43 This is the issue that helps fix every other issue
28:50 LA County Board of Supervisors finally expanding
31:54 The racial impact
36:49 State of the movement
42:25 Bipartisanship
45:10 The history of multi-representative districts
47:23 Uncapping the house is easier to pass
48:48 Moving forward
55:27 Moderate Democrats are like film studio execs
