Apportionment and Voting Flashcards
a method of dividing a population into several parts
Apportionment
used to determine how many people a member of the house of representative will represent
Apportionment
used to determine the factotr divided to the population of each state to determine the STANDARD QUOTA.
Standard Divisor
Standard Divisor Formula:
Total Population/ Number of People to Apportion
Used to determine the number of representatives per states using the standard divisor.
Standard Quota
Standard Quota Formula:
Population/Standard Divisor
The standard quota round down to a whole number.
Lower Quota
To determine the number of representatives for each state if they require 25 representative.
Hamilton Plan
the Standard Quota rounded up to a whole number
Upper Quota
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Jefferson Plan
uses the normal rules of rounding numbers to obtain the standard quota.
Webster Method