Reference no: EM13787892
The Apportionment problem
you are a census officer in a newly democratic nation and you have been charged with using the census data from the table below to determine how 100 congressional seats should be divided among the 10 states of the union.
State Population
1 15475
2 35644
3 98756
4 88346
5 369
6 85663
7 43427
8 84311
9 54730
10 25467
Being a fan of United States history, you are familiar with the many methods of apportionment applied to this problem to achieve fair representation in the US House of Representatives. You decide that apportionment (chapter 11, sections 1-4 in your textbook) is the best approach to solving this problem, but need to compare several methods and then determine which is actually fair.
1. Using the Hamilton method of apportionment, determine the number of seats each state should receive.
2. Using the numbers you just calculated from applying the Hamilton method, determine the average constituency for each state. Explain your decision making process for allocating the remaining seats.
3. Calculate the absolute and relative unfairness of this apportionment.
4. Explain how changes in state boundaries or populations could affect the balance of representation in this congress. Provide an example using the results above.
5. How and why could an Alabama Paradox occur?
6. Explain how applying the Huntington-Hill apportionment method helps to avoid an Alabama Paradox.
7. Based upon your experience in solving this problem, do you feel apportionment is the best way to achieve fair representation? Be sure to support your answer.
8. Suggest another strategy that could be applied to achieve fair representation either using apportionment methods or a method of your choosing.
You may perform your own calculations or use the Excel spreadsheet here to assist you. You must show some calculations in your document to demonstrate that you know how to perform these tasks.
|
Assignment - international crime witness
: Assignment: International Crime Witness, After providing your report to the professor in Assignment 2, the country's governing body asks you to return to the country and testify in the court proceedings. While you are abroad, your professor asks y..
|
|
Composers wrote the music for west side story
: 1. Which of the following composers wrote the music for West Side Story?
|
|
Learning experience incorporates cultural relevance strategy
: Description of the project that will need to be developed by the group and presented to the class. Description of how you plan to use the computer time (refer to the information in the Instructor Guidance for examples of how you might make this de..
|
|
Phrase before a downbeat
: Notes that begin a phrase before a downbeat are known as pick-up notes or a/an
|
|
Determine the number of seats each state should receive
: Calculate the absolute and relative unfairness of apportionment - Explain how changes in state boundaries or populations could affect the balance of representation in congress.
|
|
Ethical and legal issues of quality management
: How does it impact each of the project parameters (scope, quality, risk, schedule, etc.)?
|
|
Overview of human resources corporation
: Starbucks is one of the fastest growing and well-known companies in the world. It was started in 1971 by Gordon Bowker and Jerry Baldwin.
|
|
Identify the public policy objective the law
: The summary shall identify the public policy objective the law, regulation or legal theory is designed to achieve. It may be necessary to find an outside source for the information. If so, cite to the source
|
|
Case study in managing relationship in research study
: The psychology profession brings practitioners into intimate contact with the individuals with which they work. Because of the resulting vulnerability this engenders, it is imperative that psychology students and professionals practice ethical dec..
|