But it does get rebalanced from time to time. Each have a (relatively speaking) small population and would likely get 1 rep for D.C and maybe around 3-4 for Puerto Rico. Those seats would be taken from other states whose proportion of the population was decreased by the addition of the 2 new states population.
The rebalancing ignores what population growth does to the ratio - each representative is responsible for more and more constituents over time. It’s just like teacher to student ratio, the higher the number the less effective they are at the job. The physical logistics of having a building that can’t seat a realistic number of representatives is something that could be figured out, especially with today’s tech.
population determines House of Representative numbers and each state gets 2 Senators
There is a cap on the size of the US House of Representatives.
Each state gets a minimum of one rep. So some states would probably lose reps to make up the difference.
But it does get rebalanced from time to time. Each have a (relatively speaking) small population and would likely get 1 rep for D.C and maybe around 3-4 for Puerto Rico. Those seats would be taken from other states whose proportion of the population was decreased by the addition of the 2 new states population.
The rebalancing ignores what population growth does to the ratio - each representative is responsible for more and more constituents over time. It’s just like teacher to student ratio, the higher the number the less effective they are at the job. The physical logistics of having a building that can’t seat a realistic number of representatives is something that could be figured out, especially with today’s tech.