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Selection of U.S. Congress

Selection of U.S. Congress. Each state chooses U.S . Senators U.S. Representatives to make U.S. statutes. 50 States. Each state chooses 2 U.S. Senators. Montana chose. U.S. Senator. Jon Tester. and U.S. Senator Max Baucus. Republican Nominee for US Senate. b. 1923. Bob Kelleher.

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Selection of U.S. Congress

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  1. Selection of U.S. Congress

  2. Each state chooses • U.S. Senators • U.S.Representativesto makeU.S.statutes.

  3. 50 States

  4. Each state chooses 2 U.S. Senators.

  5. Montana chose.... U.S. Senator Jon Tester

  6. and U.S. Senator Max Baucus

  7. Republican Nominee for US Senate b. 1923 Bob Kelleher 2008 opponent

  8. Choosing U.S. Representatives is more complicated.

  9. Every 10 years, the U.S. government takes a national census.

  10. Using census results, Congress reapportions 435 House seats.

  11. When states learn the number of U.S. Representatives for their state, they redistrict their states.

  12. Florida U.S. House districts

  13. 53 U.S. Representatives in California in 2004

  14. Victory by plurality

  15. Some states require run-offs so that candidates will have a majority.

  16. After all the shuffling….. Each U.S. House District chooses one Representative Florida U.S. House District 24

  17. Single-member districts

  18. Winner-take-all elections

  19. Honorable Barbara Cubin Sparsely populated states choose only one U.S. Representative!

  20. Montana chose.. Representative Dennis Rehberg

  21. John Driscoll b. 1946 2008 opponent

  22. Rules: • Baker v. Carr (1962) The 14th Amendment’s “equal protection clause” applies to voting cases. • Wesberry v. Sanders (1964) Each state must insure that each vote counts equally in selection of members of the U.S. House (one-man, one-vote principle)

  23. To benefit his political party, Massachusetts Governor Albridge Gerry encouraged his state legislature to draw a strangely-shaped district.

  24. Gerrymandering>Constitutional to benefit one party over another. >Unconstitutional to benefit one race over another.

  25. Kinds of legal gerrymandering… • Packing place many voters of one type into a single district to reduce their influence in other districts • Cracking spreading out voters of a particular type among many districts in order to deny them a large voting block in any district

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