reapportionment
Seats get reshuffled
Reapportionment is the redistribution of representation among political units, typically legislative seats among districts or states.
In the United States, congressional seats are reapportioned among states after each decennial census based on population changes: After reapportionment, Texas gained two seats while New York lost one.
The related term redistricting refers to redrawing district boundaries within a state.
Manipulating electoral boundaries strategically
- districtsDefined administrative regions
- boundariesLines marking separation
- mapmakingCreating geographical charts
- precinctsBounded administrative areas
constituencies · redraw · lines · census · reallocation · electoral · zones · jurisdictions
Official population count
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- growthIncrease in size
- declineDecrease or refuse
- migrationMovement to new territory
shifts · density · urbanization · suburban · rural · trends · distribution · mobility
Lawmaking governmental branch
- statuteEnacted written rule
- billAmount owed, written
- amendmentChange to official text
- senateLegislative governing body
house · enactment · act · provision · ratification · measure · congressional · senatorial
Places to sit
- delegatesChosen representatives or assigns
- representativesThose acting for others
- allocationDistribution of shares
- proportionalityScaling relationship between quantities
voting · electorate · elections · constituencies · ballots · underrepresentation · overrepresentation · malapportionment
Impartial treatment or ownership value
- equalitySame status for all
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- impartialityFreedom from prejudice
- proportionalityScaling relationship between quantities
justice · neutrality · fairness · nonpartisan · objectivity
gerrymandering
Manipulating electoral boundaries strategically
- districtsDefined administrative regions
- boundariesLines marking separation
- mapmakingCreating geographical charts
precincts · constituencies · redraw · lines · census · reallocation · electoral · zones · jurisdictions · realignment
census
Official population count
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- growthIncrease in size
- declineDecrease or refuse
migration · shifts · density · urbanization · suburban · rural · trends · distribution · mobility · enumeration
legislature
Lawmaking governmental branch
senate · house · enactment · act · provision · ratification · measure · congressional · senatorial · mandate
seats
Places to sit
- delegatesChosen representatives or assigns
- representativesThose acting for others
- allocationDistribution of shares
proportionality · voting · electorate · elections · constituencies · ballots · underrepresentation · overrepresentation · malapportionment · parity
equity
Impartial treatment or ownership value
- equalitySame status for all
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- impartialityFreedom from prejudice
proportionality · justice · neutrality · fairness · nonpartisan · objectivity
- democracyvote, voting, election, elections, ballot
- California governmentstate constitution, legislature, executive branch, judicial branch, governor
- governance reformsconstitutional convention, constitutional court, amendment process, bill of rights, checks and balances
- Redistrictingredistricting, gerrymandering, congressional districts, district lines, district boundaries
- votingballot, vote, voters, ballots, voter
- legislaturebill, senators, senator, state legislature, legislators
reapportionmentmalapportionment
Unequal distribution of representation
status quo · entrenchment · stasis · maintenance · retention
reapportionmentgerrymandering
Manipulating electoral boundaries strategically
malapportionment · disenfranchisement · electoral manipulation · underrepresentation · overrepresentation
reapportionmentgerrymandering
Manipulating electoral boundaries strategically
political manipulation · packing · cracking · racial gerrymandering
portion, proportion, proportions, apportion, proportional, proportionate, disproportionate, apportionment, disproportion