Apportionment

Process by which the 435 available House of Representatives seats are distributed amongst the 50 states based on their respective populations?

• Redistricting

• Apportionment

• Filibustering

• Gerrymandering

The first step in the apportionment process?

• Reapportioning the 435 House seats across all 50 states

• Redrawing each state's congressional district map ("redistricting")

• Conducting the decennial census

• Congress proposes a new House of Representatives map to the states with a 2/3 vote in each chamber

This is the second (2nd) step in the apportionment process.

• Conducting the census.

• States redraw their congressional district maps ("redistricting")

• The 435 House seats are reapportioned based on population changes

• The president signs the new House map into law

The final step in the apportionment process?

• The 435 House seats are reapportioned amongst the 50 states.

• The census is conducted.

• 3/4 of the states approve of the new map for the House of Representatives.

• States redraw their congressional district maps ("redistricting")

The principle that every person's vote for their state's U.S. representative should carry equal weight to ensure fair representation?

• Republicanism

• One person, one vote

• Checks and Balances

• Direct democracy

The census shows that a state's population has declined over the last ten years. What is the most likely outcome of this scenario?

• The state will gain a seat in the House of Reps.

• The state will lose a seat in the Senate.

• The state will lose a seat in the House of Reps.

• The state will gain an electoral vote in the Electoral College.

Why must states redraw their congressional maps ("redistrict") every ten years, regardless of whether or not the state gained or lost seats in the House?

• Because of the Supreme Court's decision in McCulloch v. Maryland (1816)

• A state's congressional districts must have roughly the same population.

• They want to make sure they are following the Voting Rights Act of 1965

• They do not, only states that gain/lose seats have to redistrict.

Maryland has [?] congressional districts, so they have [?] seats in the House of Representatives.

• 4

• 6

• 8

• 10

This state gained two (!) seats in the House of Representatives after the 2020 census/reapportionment.

• California

• New York

• Texas

• Pennsylvania

Which of the following is not affected by reapportionment?

• Representation in the U.S. House

• The distribution of federal funding and resources

• Representation in the U.S. Electoral College

• Representation in the U.S. Senate