Week 10

Question 1

What is the apportionment problem? What is a possible solution?

Answer 1

the apportionment problem arises when the government divides votes up into vote shares and this involves fraction; but the number of representatives for a particular party in the government must be an integer.

Rounding off is a solution proposed by Hamilton which allocates a contested seat to the party with the largest fractional part.

Question 2

What is Hamilton’s apportionment scheme paradox?

Answer 2

Increasing the number of seats available can remove seats for some parties.

Question 3

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