That is a good point, Publius Patriota.

However, you are making Alaska the reason we have a representative. If All voters in the entire nation voted for the House of Representatives in a proportional manner (one person, one vote, no use of fancy systems, but straight forward voting), then all voters are represented by their own choices.

For instance, Native Americans make up 2% of the total population, and we would then see that 2 US Senators could then potentially be Native American. Today that is zero (there were five in total in the past).

With 435 seats in the House of Representatives, 2 percent translates into nine Representatives that are Native American. Today that is four.

So, do we give importance to land or do we give importance to people?

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I am aware that the US Constitution is not easily changed (at all), so we are freewheeling where Federal elections are concerned. You are right that Alaska has one seat and one seat only, and one-seat elections are always winner-take-all of course.

The US Constitution, however, says nothing about voting formats for other governmental levels, except that governments are not allowed to deny or disparage rights retained by the people. From this, we should conclude that State and local elections must be based on the most fair system (which is proportional voting), with our leaving only the Federal level as is.

Grassroots organization Local Revolutions is demanding exactly such changes.