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Government 2302 Revision Notes
Government 2302- Revision Notes- Exam 1
Nicole Ogunlana
Chapters 7,8,9,23,24

1. What is reapportionment, redistricting, and gerrymandering? * Reapportionment- is the process of allotting congressional seats to each state following the census according to their proportion of the population. Some states will get more or less seats for representative based on population change. * Redistricting- is the process of redrawing congressional district to reflect increase or decrease in seats allotted to the state as well as population shifts within the state. The state decides how many seats a state receive. * Gerrymandering- is the drawing of congressional districts to produce a particular electoral outcome without regard to the shape of the district. a. What unit of government is responsible for redistricting?
State legislators b. U. S. House seats? House - 435 | Senates 100 | Republic- 233 | 51 Democracy | Democracy- 200 | 46 Republican | Vacancies- 2 | Independents 3 | 2. What are the trustee and delegate theories of representation? * Delegate- Congress should vote on what the public want. For example if a congressman is against abortion but 60% of the public are for abortion. Then the congressman has to vote for it. * Trustee- the public might have opinion but they don’t vote. So you vote for what you think it right and vote for their interest. a. Which theory of representation do most Congress people actually use and why? * Most representation of congress are Politico- a bit of both delegate and trustee, it depends on the situation for example if it about war because most people are concerned about then they are delegate however if it’s for something that is not important and the public don’t really care about then they act as a trustee.

3. Approximately what percentage of bills introduced in Congress actually become laws?
5%
4. Historically, how could one describe the power relationship
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