Apportionment and Voting Flashcards
1
Q
It is a method of dividing a
population into several parts
A
Apportionment
2
Q
Is used to determine how many people a member of the house of representative will represent
A
Apportionment
3
Q
It is used to determine the factor to be divided to the population of each state to determine the standard quota.
A
standard divisor
4
Q
It is used to determine the number of representatives per state using the standard divisor
A
standard quota
5
Q
is the Standard Quota rounded up to a whole number
A
Upper Quota (U)
6
Q
uses the normal rules of rounding numbers to obtain the standard quota.
A
The Webster Method
7
Q
Calculate the Standard Quota, Lower Quota, and Upper Quota. Then find the geometric mean of the Lower Quota and the Upper Quota.
A
The Huntington-Hill Apportionment Method
