Yes, true.
When voting for the representatives for the House, the state gets divided into several districts. They are divided so that each district all has almost the same population. Each districts then vote for one representative, and the candidate who wins becomes one of the representatives for that state. So basically, the candidates that are running are not getting votes from the whole state but only in that one district that they're from.
They do not have the same House of Representatives members because the amount of members is based on population and not all US states and territories have the same population.
No, because California has a higher population than Vermont it has more representatives in the House.
The House of Representatives is based on population and the senate is the same for all the states 2 per state.
Legislature must draw the districts so they each include roughly the same number of constituents.
The United States does not have "ridings" in the same way that some other countries do, like Canada. Instead, the U.S. is divided into congressional districts for the House of Representatives, with a total of 435 districts. Each district represents approximately equal populations, and the number of districts per state can vary based on population. Additionally, states have their own legislative districts for state legislatures, which are also referred to as districts.
The House of Representatives is based on population and the senate is the same for all the states 2 per state.
There are two parts to the Congress, you have the House of Representatives, which is based on the population of the state and then you have the Senate, in which each state has two members regardless of population.
large states (large population) wanted the number a representatives to be determined by the population while small states (little population) wanted the number of representatives to be the same for every state. The compromise was to create the senate (2 representatives per state) and the house of representatives (representatives determined by population)
US congressional districts
There are two parts of Congress: the Senate and the House of Representatives. Representation in the Senate is independent of population; therefore all states get the same amount of representation (2 Senators per state). Representation in the House of Representatives is dependent on population, which means that there is a different amount of representatives representing each state.
NO because the House of Representatives has a higher power.