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when the number of seats to be apportioned changes but the population stays the same this creates >>>>
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the alabama paradox
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1. compute the standard quota & lower quota for each state.
2. each state starts with its lower quota as its apportionment. these lower quotas are summed to determine how many seats remain to be allocated to reach the desired house size. 3. seats are allocated to those states whose quotes have the largest fractional parts until the desired house size is reached. |
Hamilton Method
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states population/total population x (total number of seats) =
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State standard quota
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total population/total number of seats to be apportioned = average number of people per seat
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standard divisor
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if a state whose population increases loses a seat while a state whose population decreases gains a seat, this is said to be an example of
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population paradox
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select a divisor D that creates for each state a quotient = state population/D so that when ROUNDED DOWN these rounded quotients sum to the house size. then apportion each state its rounded down quotient. a divisor D that causes the rounded quotients to sum to the house size is called a valid divisor
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JEFFERSON METHOD
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round naturally for this one
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webster method
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average constituency of state=
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population of state/number of seats awarded to the state
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a quotient (q) lies between two consecutive who numbers n and n+1 is compared to sq root of nx(n+1)
statepopulation/d so that when rounded these sum to the house size. |
huntington hill method
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standard quota x standard divisor =
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state population
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to get the _____ ______ you must divide by the population by the apportionment
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average constiuency
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having a _____ constiuency is better because then you have fewer people per represenatives
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small
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to get the _______ __________ you take the states with the largest difference
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absolute unfairness
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to get the _____ ________ you divide the largest absolute unfairness by the other state (indiana)
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largest relative unfiarness
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what satisifies the standard quota rule
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if each state recieves its standard quota either up or down
only hamilton method |
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no apportionment method both satisfies the quota rule and always avoids the population paradox
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balinski & young's theorem
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what apportionment method favors large states the most??
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jefferson
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what are the advantages of a divisor method
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they avoid paradoxes
but they may produce apportionments that violate the quota rule |
