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The actual number of seats in the house is fixed. The only number that changes is the number of Republicans or Democrats that win them come election time. More seats means a bigger majority for your party.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoCongress decides the number of representatives the House of Representatives is to have. Every ten years a census is taken to establish the population of the country, then using that date, Congress apportions the number of Representatives each state will have. Congress also fixes the total number of members of the House. It is possible that some states could lose representatives and some states could acquire those depending on shifts in population if Congress does not increase the total number of members.
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∙ 11y agoMany people think the answer is the state's population. That's close but not completely correct. We know it's wrong because of all the states that increased their population from 2000 to 2010 and yet lost House seats in the 2011 reallocation. To state it correctly, the number of U. S. Representatives per state is based on the ratio of each states population to the population of all of the states, with a minimum of one Representative per state. In other words, it's not the state's population but the state's relative population that determines the number of House seats they get. For example, about 12% of the population of the 50 states lives in California. That's why California controls about 12% of the seats in the House of Representatives (53 of them).
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∙ 16y agoPopulation as reported in the US Census determines apportionment
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∙ 15y agoThe population of the state determines the number of Representatives.
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∙ 13y agoRepresentatives are decided by state's population, so the number of representatives differs from state to state.
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∙ 11y agoThe popluation
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The determination of the number of members each state can elect to serve in the US house of representatives is called?
apportionment
What determines congressional apportionment for each US state?
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.
Term for determining the number of representatives per state?
apportionment
What distribute seats in the house representatives on the basis of state population?
Apportionment
What determines the numbers of representives?
Population determines the amount of representatives for a state in the House of Representatives
Which term is defined as allocation of representatives seats to the states every ten years?
Apportionment
What determines how many congressmen a state is permitted in the us House of Representatives?
The population determines the number of representatives. A census is done every 10 years to determine the size of the population. Then, the number of representatives either goes up or down depending on the result.
What decides the number of representatives in the house of representatives?
The population of the state determines the number of Representatives.
What best describes apportionment?
determining the number of seats each state is entitled to in the U.S. House of Representatives
What determines the state's delegation to the house of representatives?
The state's delegation to the House of Representatives is determined by its population size. Each state is entitled to a certain number of seats in the House, which is based on the population count from the census conducted every ten years. The apportionment process allocates the seats among the states, with smaller states having at least one representative and larger states having more representatives.
What word means determining the number of representatives a county or district may have?
the verb is to "apportion." The process is known as "apportionment."
A states population determines the number of members in this legislative branch?
A state's population determines the number of members in the House of Representatives.
