Better Representative Democracy

The whole gerrymandering thing is an unnecessary issue that arises from an archaic and ill-conceived idea. Drawing lines on maps for most purposes seems to lead to issues, and especially when determining representation for individual citizens.

In my utopian nation, we still have representatives, but there are two key differences:

• You can choose one of the five closest representatives to you. This means that you can most likely find one that aligns at least remotely close to your views.
• Each representative’s power when voting is directly tied to the amount of people they represent, ensuring that everyone’s voice is equal.

There are likely some issues with this, and opportunity for further refinement (perhaps limiting the total number of people each representative can represent would be good), but these two ideas, if applied to the current US system, would create a far fairer situation.