Why do different states have a different number of representatives?

Answer 1

The number of representatives that a state has is base on the population of the state. Each state has at least one representative. The number of representatives can change for each state as the population of the state changes but the number of representatives in the House is fixed at 435.

Answer 2

No, every state does not always have the same number of representatives. Each state in the U.S. has two Senators, but in terms of the House of Representatives, the number is determined based on population.

Answer 3

Every state has the same number of senators, but the number of representatives varies by population. This gives us the two house Congress, where in the Senate every state has an equal vote, while in the House of Representatives a state's voting power is related to its population. Both houses must agree on a piece of legislation in order for it to pass.

Answer 4

No. Each state has 2 Senators, but the number of Representatives (Congressmen), which is fixed at 435, is based on the population of the state as a percent of the total US population. Each state is guaranteed at least one Congressman.

Answer 5

Because the larger states thought it was unfair that smaller states had just as much say in the congress, so they made the house of representatives as a compromise to larger states and the senate for smaller states. The number of representatives is based on population allowing larger states more representatives.

Answer 6

no, it is based on population capacity in the state. the more the population, the more senators they have to represent the state.

Answer 7

Every state has 2 senators. Representatives are determined by population.

Answer 8

Because it depends on the population of the state.

Answer 9

Each state has a different number of members of the U.S. House of Representatives, depending mainly upon the state's population; each state has two U.S. senators.