What is the main difference between representation in the House and the Senate?

Answer 1

Each state has two senators, regardless of population, while each state has a proportionate about of representatives, totaling 435, based on population census.

Answer 2

There are many differences. In the Senate two seats of representation are given to each state totaling 100 senators. In the House of Representatives, representation is based off of the population of each state taken every ten years at the census. In impeachment cases, the House of Representatives impeaches the person and the Senate holds the trial.

Answer 3

The legislative branch of the US government is divided into two parts, the House of Representatives, and the Senate.

In the House of Representatives, each state has a number of representatives that is based upon its population as determined in the most recent Federal Census, and even the smallest state gets at least one representative. There are currently 435 Members of the House of Representatives (and 5 non-voting delegates).

In the Senate, each state has two and only two Senators, so there are 100 US Senators.

The districts of a member of the House are generally smaller and more homogeneous than the districts of the Senators.

Countries other that the US also have Houses of Representatives and Senates, and some have both. The functions of and qualifications for these bodies are defined in their national constitutions and may be very different from the system used in the US.

There are also democracies that name their legislature a Parliament and may organize them very differently as well.

Answer 4

In the US House of Representatives (and many other "lower chambers" of the legislatures), seats are apportioned according to the population of a state. There are currently 435 members in the House, approximately one for every 693,000 U.S. citizens.

However, the US Senate gives each State equal representation regardless of the number of residents. Each state elects 2 senators, for a total of 100. This arrangement was designed to limit the effect of large population blocs in one area of the country in dominating the legislative agenda. However, as seen in the Electoral College (which gives each state a number of electors equal to its total Congressional members), growing populations in a small number of regions can still outvote and outweigh the relatively less-populous states.

Answer 5

Representation in the House is determined by population, so states with more people get more representatives ( who technically represent their congressional district not the state). The Senate is representative of the states, each one gets two senators.

Answer 6

The difference is that representive is for the population ans senate is for two votes.