Chapter 7: Apportionment and Voting Flashcards
To divide/share out according to plan
Apportionment
Hamilton plan formula
standard divisor = total population/number of people to proportion
Whole number part of the quotient of a population divided by the standard divisor
Standard quota
increasing the total number of available voting seats causes a state to lose seats overall
Alabama Paradox
Alabama Paradox by who
Charles W. Seaton, chief clerk of U.S. Census Office
Population of one state to be increasing faster than that of another state and for the state still to lose a representative
Population paradox
adding a new entity to the population as well as a fair number of additional seats to accommodate the new entity can still impact the existing entities’ numbers
New states paradox
2 examples of alabama paradox
population paradox
new states paradox
Uses a modified standard divisor to yield the correct number of representatives
Jefferson Plan
In Jefferson Plan, number by _______ is chosen so that the sum of the standard quotas is equal to the total number of representatives
trial and error
Will always be smaller than the standard divisor
Modified Standard Divisor
There may be more than one number that can serve as the ________
Modified Standard Divisor
Number of representatives apportioned to a state is the standard quota or one more than the standard quota
Quota Rule
What may violate the Quota Rule
Jefferson Plan
Alabama Paradox may occur in what plan
Hamilton Plan