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The process of allocating congressional seats among the fifty states is called?
Apportionment
What is reapportioment?
reallotment: a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census
What is congressional apportionment?
Distribution of power in House and Senate. House based on relative popluation of each state, and two senators from each state.
Westbury v Sanders?
US Supreme Court decision of 1964 dealing with apportionment of Congressional districts. After a suit against Georgia's apportionment statute was dismissed by the federal circuit court, the case was appealed to the Supreme Court. The Court ruled that all Congressional districts must be equal in size of voting population. The Georgia statute was declared invalid because its unequal apportionment gave greater voting power to residents of certain districts. source: <a href="http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Westberry+v.+Sanders">Wesberry v. Sanders</a>
What is the most powerful predictor of congressional call voting?
Party Labels is the most powerful predictor in a congressional voting.
What is the relationship between apportionment and gerrymandering?
The resulting district apportionment is known as a gerrymander. Gerrymandering is another term for apportionment. (might wanna research this one. idk.)
How do use the word apportionment in a sentence?
The apportionment of seats in the senate was not fair to some parties.
What are the characteristic of most congressional members?
characteristics of Congressional members.Race, ethnicity, occupation and sex
What congressional district is Jackson MS in?
Most of Jackson is in Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District. Part of Jackson is in Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District.
Most congressional elections are?
Not close.
What is the origin of the term apportionment?
The legal term apportionment is derived from the Latin "portio" which means distribution or allotment in proper shares. Apportionment is a term used in law in a variety of senses.
What is an apportionment?
An apportionment is an act of apportioning or a state of being apportioned.An apportionment is an act of apportioning or a state of being apportioned.
