House Of Representatives Flashcards
Apportion
Distribute seats based on population
Draw districts to the advantage of the party in power
Gerrymandering
Reapportion
Redistribute seats based on population
Elected from state as a whole(senate)
At-large
Incumbent
Elected official currently in office
Voters elect one person to serve a district
Single-member district
Court case that mandated
“one person,one vote”
Westburry v. Sanders
Three kinds of gerrymandering
Packing, cracking, kidnapping.
Drawing districts to defeat minority party incumbent
Kidnapping
Splitting minority party to defeat them
Cracking
Putting most of minority party into a district
Packing
Tuesday after the 1st Monday in November of even numbered years
Federal Election Day
Population count
Sense (senses)
25 years old, citizen for 7 years, inhabitant of state
Requirement to be a house member
Represents an average of 700,000 people
U.S representative