reapportioning
Allocating shares again
Reapportioning is redistributing or reallocating something according to a new formula or changed circumstances.
The term appears most often in political contexts, where legislative districts are reapportioned after a census to reflect population shifts: The state is reapportioning its congressional seats based on new data.
Resources, responsibilities, or blame can also be reapportioned.
Allocation across recipients
- divisionSplitting into parts
- allotmentDesignated share or portion
- parcelingDividing into shares
- proportioningDividing into shares
dispersal · assignment · rationing · sharing · divvying · splitting · partitioning · doling
Manipulating electoral boundaries strategically
- constituenciesElectoral regions or supporter groups
- censusOfficial population count
- demographicsStatistical population characteristics
- electorateEligible voting body
boundaries · districts · representation · voting · congressional · senatorial · legislature · bicameral
Just and unbiased
- balancedIn a state of equilibrium
- impartialShowing no preference
- parityState of being equal
- even-handedTreating parties without bias
representation · weighting · adjustment · correction · equity · underrepresented · overrepresented
Maximizing efficiency or performance
- prioritizingOrdering by importance
- efficiencyProductive without waste
- rebalancingRestoring proper proportions
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
recalibration · reassessment · adjustment · shifting · realignment
distribution
Allocation across recipients
proportioning · dispersal · assignment · rationing · sharing · divvying · splitting · partitioning · doling · meting
gerrymandering
Manipulating electoral boundaries strategically
- constituenciesElectoral regions or supporter groups
- censusOfficial population count
- demographicsStatistical population characteristics
electorate · boundaries · districts · representation · voting · congressional · senatorial · legislature · bicameral · jurisdiction
equitable
Just and unbiased
even-handed · representation · weighting · adjustment · correction · equity · underrepresented · overrepresented
optimization
Maximizing efficiency or performance
- prioritizingOrdering by importance
- efficiencyProductive without waste
- rebalancingRestoring proper proportions
restructuring · recalibration · reassessment · adjustment · shifting · realignment
reapportioningmaintaining
Keeping in condition
preserving · keeping · freezing · fixing · retaining
reapportioningconsolidating
Combining dispersed elements
centralizing · concentrating · pooling · aggregating · unifying
portion, proportion, proportions, apportion, proportional, proportionate, disproportionate, apportionment, apportioning