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Reapportionment & Redistricting: What’s the Difference? RE? RE? RE? RE? RE? and … What Difference Do They Make?
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Reapportionment and Redistricting

Feb 14, 2017

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Page 1: Reapportionment and Redistricting

Reapportionment & Redistricting:

What’s the Difference?

RE?RE?

RE?

RE?RE?

and … What Difference Do They Make?

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Determining # Seats in U.S. House of Representatives per State

Reapportionment?

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Determining Boundaries of U.S. Congressional Districts and State Legislative Districts

Redistricting?

Each Representative represents approximately 710,767 people.

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Gerrymandering

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R and R Not Only Reflect Population Changes They Also Reflect Changes in Regional Political Power

So What?

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U.S. Presidential Electoral Votes by State

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Presidential Election 2016

Electoral Votes = # Senators + # U.S. Reps

Winner of popular voteIn each state gets ALL of that state’s electoral votes (with exception of

ME and NE).270 electoral votes

required to win.

Clinton WON popularvote, but LOSTelectoral vote.