Apportionment and reapportionment
CLEP American Government, Chapter 7 Apportionment and reapportionment Apportionment distributes the 435 House seats among states according to population after each decennial census. Reapportionment changes state seat totals; redistricting then draws district boundaries within states. The census supplies the population basis, and a statutory formula reallocates a fixed House size among the states, each of […]
Terms of office
CLEP American Government, Chapter 7 Terms of office House members serve two-year terms and all seats face election together. Senators serve six-year staggered terms with roughly one-third elected every two years, producing greater continuity and different electoral incentives. Term length creates different time horizons. Representatives must rebuild electoral coalitions every two years, while senators can […]
