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How is representation in the hoyse of representatives determined?
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∙ 10y ago
it is decided by the population of a state
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 10y agoThe members of the House of Representatives are people that were voted to the position by their constituents. The amount of representatives is based on the number of people in their district.
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How is representation in the senate and house representatives determined?
By the people
In which house of congress is representation determined by the population of each state?
House of Representatives
How was the house of representatives representation determined before 1865?
Well my teacher told me that it was determined by how many votes there was in the senate(:
The Great worked out how representation in congress would be determined?
The Great Compromise stated that representation in the House of Representatives should be determined through population. While the Senate would have an equal number of representatives from each state, the House of Representatives would include one representative for each 30,000 individuals in a state.
How is representation in each determined?
In the Senate, each state gets 2 representatives. In the House of Representatives, the number of representatives per state is based on the population. This is determined from the census every ten years.
The great compromise proposed that a states representation in the house of representatives would be determined by?
This representation would be based upon population.
How is representation determined in the senate?
apportioned population of the states
Which house of congress has represenatives?
In the Senate, each state gets 2 representatives. In the House of Representatives, the number of representatives per state is based on the population. This is determined from the census every ten years.
Would proportinal representation work in the us?
It already does. That's how the membership of the House of Representatives is determined.
How is representation in the House of Representatives is based?
In the United States, representation in the House is based on population, as determined by the Census. Which is what makes the Census such a big deal; with a fixed number of representatives, if one state loses population while another gains, that state may lose a representative to the other state!
Which house of Congress has its membership determined by population?
The house of Representatives. There are 435 total. The senate has two representatives from each state.
What was the representation compromise?
The Representation Compromise gave both large states and small states the type of representation they asked for. This was done by changing the representation standards in the houses of Congress. Large states had wanted representation based on population. This standard was accepted in the House of Representatives, which allowed the number of representatives to be determined by state population. Smaller states wanted equal representation, despite population size. This was accepted by the Senate, in which all states have the same number of representatives.
