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2, regardless of population.
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In the senate each state is represented?
By Two senators.
How are numbers for the house of representative and senate chosen?
The House of Representative numbers are chosen by the population of the state. Each state gets one representative in the house for every 40,000 inhabitants of their own state. The Senate numbers aren't based on population. Every state gets 2 representatives in the senate.
How is the number of senate seats for each state determined?
According to the U.S. Constitution (Article 1, section 3), each state shall have two senators. (Representatives are chosen based on the population of their state. Senators are not; every state gets two, whether a big state or a small state.)
Why is Senate not affected by reapportionment?
The constitution says that each state shall have two senators. Population doesn't count in the Senate. In the House of Representatives populations determine how many seats in the house each state gets. Reapportionment only affects the House not the Senate.
How is number of represntatives decided?
In the United States, every state is automatically awarded two senate seats and senatorial elections take place in which the people of a given state elect senators. Each state is awarded seats in the House of Representatives based on its population. After the census is taken the country is redistricted, since there are only 435 seats in the house the number of people in each state determines what portion of those 435 that state gets.
How is representation in the senate ditermined?
In US they have 2 Senators no matter what the state's population may be. For house of reps. its based on the population of the state.
How is the number of members in the senate decided?
The number of senators is in the Constitution: every state has 2 senators.
Why are there not just 100 members in the US Congress if every state gets to send 2 members?
Every state sends 2 senators to the US Senate. The House of Representatives is different. The number of representatives is based on each state's population. true
What are the two houses of congress and how is the size of each decited?
According to the Constitution there should be one representative for every 30,000 people in a state. This determines how many representatives are sent for each state.
How many senaters does Illinois have?
Two. In the Senate, EVERY state gets 2 senators regardless of physical size or population.
The chamber of congress where each state gets 2 votes?
The house of congress in which each state has two representatives?
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.
