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How do states apportion or calculate their congressional representation?
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∙ 7y ago
Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed.
-Constitution of the United States of America
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 15y agoBy the population of the state. The greater the population the more representatives.
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What did the Great Compromise do?
It was a compromise between larger states that wanted congressional representation Gave all states some form of the representation they wanted
How did delegates settle the question of the congressional representation from the states?
The Three-fifths Compromise
How did the delegates settle the question of Congressional representation from the states?
The Three-fifths Compromise
How often do states reapportion congressional districts?
Every ten years, after the United States census, the House of Representatives is reapportioned in order to provide proportional representation to the states. States can gain, lose, or maintain their representatives.In order to cope with the new numbers, states must redistrict by drawing new congressional districts in order to cope and evenly distribute the representation.
Who has the authority to apportion respresentatives among the states according to the population?
who has the right to apportion represenitives among the state according to the population Constistion
Why did small states see the Great Compromise as an improvement over the Virginia Plan?
It gave them more congressional representation than the Virginia Plan did.
Is porto rico part of the US?
Puerto Rico is a Territory of the United States of America. As a territory it has no representation in government, i.e. no Senators of Congressional representation. but does enjoy a common currency as well as the military protection of the United States Government.
What did the Great Compromise of 1787 do to the US system of government?
Basically it was a compromise between the larger states that wanted congressional representation to be based on population, and the smaller states that wanted congressional representation to be equal among the states irrespective of population. The compromise resulted in our current form of government with the members of the House of Representatives being apportioned according to population and the members of the Senate being apportioned at two per state.
What are congressional district lines?
a territorial division of a state; entitled to elect one member to the United States House of Representatives
The right to apportion representatives among the states according to the population is the authorityof the?
The right to apportion representatives among the states according to the population is the authority of the US Constitution. The Constitution was ratified on June 21, 1788.
What was the northern states and the southern states view on the 3 5 compromise?
The question was, how should slaves be counted for the purpose of Congressional representation? The South wanted to count all slaves as "population", because this would increase the number of Representatives from the slave states. The northern states didn't want to include slaves AT ALL; if they weren't fully citizens and couldn't vote, why should they be counted for purposes of representation? The "three fifths" compromise gave southern states some additional Congressional representation, without giving the South an overwhelming advantage.
Do the states create Congressional Districts for the House of Representatives?
Representation is based on population. Each state is broken up into counties which contain "congressional districts" with a specific number of residents which, when such number is surpassed, requires the creation of a new district.
