Reapportionment & Redistricting: What’s the Difference? RE? RE? RE? RE? RE? and … What Difference Do They Make?
Reapportionment & Redistricting:
What’s the Difference?
RE?RE?
RE?
RE?RE?
and … What Difference Do They Make?
Determining # Seats in U.S. House of Representatives per State
Reapportionment?
Determining Boundaries of U.S. Congressional Districts and State Legislative Districts
Redistricting?
Each Representative represents approximately 710,767 people.
Gerrymandering
R and R Not Only Reflect Population Changes They Also Reflect Changes in Regional Political Power
So What?
U.S. Presidential Electoral Votes by State
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.