ohwilleke

The District of Columbia lacks representatives in Congress despite being larger than many states. But, giving them voting rights has always been difficult because the outcome of their vote is basically a forgone conclusion. It is more democratic leaning than any state in the Union.

Members of the U.S. military have a tenuous role of the political system themselves, since they are out of touch with the dispersed "homes" that they vote from.

Why not give the U.S. military members senators, representatives and electoral votes, just like a state, in exchange for D.C. votes. People in active service could not vote in their homes but only as service members?

Given the conservative leaning of the military, this might allow both to have better democratic representation and would make census takers' jobs much easier since the military wouldn't have to be artificially allocated among the states.

Good, bad or indifferent?