McGrath, if I understand what you mean by proportional representation, it involves voting for a party rather than for individuals, and the party receives representation according to the percentage of the vote it receives. Am I anywhere close? The US Constitution requires that Senators and Representatives be directly elected, so the states wouldn't have the ability to go to a proportional representation system even if they wanted to. Besides, we like the option of electing the odd Socialist or Libertarian from time to time!