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A census is taken every 10 years and from that data the state is divided in districts. Each district elects representatives for 2'year terms. The total population number decides how many Representatives are elected for that state. Sometimes when setting districts state law makers will try to set them to benefit the political parties and election results. This is called jerrymandering.

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What part of government is the number of members affected by state population?

The House of Representatives are chosen based on a state's population. The number of representatives each state has is subject to change.


How were representatives to the Constitutional Convention chosen?

By the legislatures of the different state. Each state government chose their representatives to the Constitutional Convention


How is the number of representatives in the house of representatives for each state?

population


The number of senators a state has is determinted by?

It is written in the Consititution that irregardless of size or population, each state has 2 senate. Now, representatives on the other hand are chosen depending on population. No state has a fixed number.


How many members are in each house chamber?

At minimum, every state has one representative in the House. For most states, there is more than one. However, if you are asking about the Senate (where there is a set number of representatives for each state), there are two senators representing each state. The Senate and the House of Representatives together make up Congress.


What is the representation in the House of Representatives?

The number of Representatives from each state is based on the population of that state.


Is the number of representatives in the house of representatives based on how wealthy a state is?

The number of representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives from each state is based on the population in each state. The number of representative in the U.S. House of Representatives is fixed at 435. Every 10 years the U.S. Census Bureau takes a census of the population in each state. The 435 representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives is then reapportioned among the 50 states based on the population in each state.


What does the number of representatives each state has to depend on?

Senators are independent of representatives. The number of representatives per state depends on the population of that state. However, there are always two senators for each state no matter what the population size. the number of senators and representatives do not depend on each other.


Each state is divided into for representation in the House of Representatives.?

Each state is divided into districts for representation in the House of Representatives. The number of representatives a state has is based on its population size, with each district representing a roughly equal number of people.


what do the number associated with each state represent - in addition to electoral votes?

The number of senators and representatives the state has in congress


How is the number of representatives for each state in the House of Representatives?

The number of representatives from each state is not set on a fix count. The total number of representatives should only be 435. With this, census will be conducted to check the total number of population for them to decide the number of representative needed.


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.

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