We have voting districts in the United States because we think that that is the best way to make sure that the members of Congress really represent the diversity of people in our various states. Almost every state has more than one person representing them in the House of Representatives. All of these states are divided up into voting districts. This means that people from relatively small geographic areas (the size depends on the state)...
We have voting districts in the United States because we think that that is the best way to make sure that the members of Congress really represent the diversity of people in our various states. Almost every state has more than one person representing them in the House of Representatives. All of these states are divided up into voting districts. This means that people from relatively small geographic areas (the size depends on the state) get to elect representatives. We feel that this is important because it gives people in each geographical area a chance to be represented in Congress. For example, I live in Eastern Washington. Our part of the state has very few people when compared to Western Washington. We are generally conservative while they are generally liberal. Our senators (who are elected by the whole state) are always Democratic these days. If we did not have voting districts, we would never have any representatives who agreed with us ideologically. This is why we have voting districts—so that the people from various geographic areas have a better chance of being represented by people “like” them.
As for the significance of voting districts, this is a very vague question. I suppose you could say that they are significant because they allow more people to be represented by people who are more like them ideologically.
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