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Chapter 14: Apportionment Lesson Plan

Chapter 14: Apportionment Lesson Plan. The Apportionment Problem The Hamilton Method Divisor Methods The Jefferson Method The Webster Method The Hill-Huntington Method Which Divisor Method Is Best?. 1. The Apportionment Problem. We are dividing and assigning things .

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Chapter 14: Apportionment Lesson Plan

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  1. Chapter 14: ApportionmentLesson Plan The Apportionment Problem The Hamilton Method Divisor Methods The Jefferson Method The Webster Method The Hill-Huntington Method Which Divisor Method Is Best? 1

  2. The Apportionment Problem • We are dividing and assigning things. • We are doing this on a proportional basis and in a planned, organized fashion. 2

  3. The Apportionment Problem • Example: Percentage of season’s results of a field hockey team recorded and rounded to whole numbers. 3

  4. The Apportionment Problem The sum does not reach 100%, and this becomes an apportionment problem. The coach may want to give the extra percent to the games won—“to make it look good for the team.” This would be biased. 4

  5. An Apportionment Problem In the U.S. Constitution, the seats of the House of Representatives shall be apportioned according to the state’s population. • An apportionment problem occurred in 1790: 5

  6. An Apportionment Problem • The House of Representatives was to have 105 members. • The country’s total population of the 15 states was 3,615,920. • The average congressional district should have a population of 3,615,920 ÷ 105 = 34,437 (standard divisor). 6

  7. The Apportionment Problem • To find the fair share (Quota) of House seats, we can divide each state’s population by this average, or standard divisor. • Virginia = 630,560/34,437 = 18.310 and was only given 18 seats. Virginia’s Quota was 18 7

  8. The Apportionment Problem President Washington came from Virginia. Furthermore, Virginia’s apportionment was not rounded up to 19, and he may have been biased. Hence, he did not agree this method was fair to all states. • When Congress passed the apportionment proposed bill and sent it to President Washington, he vetoed it! 8

  9. First step: find Standard Divisor Find the total population, p, and divide it by the house size, h (or M). p h The standard divisor is calculated first, then you will be able to find the fair amount of shares to give to each class or house. s = 9

  10. Find the Quota To find the state, or class, quota, qi : Divide its population, pi, by the standard divisor, s. pi s The quota is the exact share that would be allocated if a whole number were not required. qi = 10

  11. The Hamilton Method An apportionment method was developed by Alexander Hamilton, also called the Method of Largest Fractions. He realized that when rounding each quota to the nearest whole number, sometimes the apportionments do not add up correctly. 11

  12. The Hamilton Method Originally, he wrote the congressional apportionment bill that was vetoed by President Washington in 1792, but later adopted from 1850–1900. Alexander Hamilton 12

  13. The Hamilton Method • After the quotas are calculated, round down to the lower quotaL. (Simply truncate (chop off) the decimal portion.) • Start with the state with the largest fraction (largest decimal portion), and round up this state’s quota to its upper quotaU. Keep assigning the states their upper quotas in order of largest fractions until the total seats in the house is reached. Alexander Hamilton 13

  14. General Steps for All Methods: First add up the total population of each state, p = ∑pi . Calculate the standard divisor, s = p /h (total population ÷ house). Calculate each state’s quota (or class), qi = pi /s. 14

  15. Steps for Hamilton Method: 1. Tentatively assign to each state its lower quota L. 2. Give the upper quota U to the states whose quota has the largest fractional (decimal) portion until the house is filled. 15

  16. Example Hamilton Method: Three states: A, B, C A has population of 37,000 B has population of 22,000 C has population of 61,000 How would 12 seats be allocated using Hamilton Method? 16

  17. Example Hamilton Method: Standard Divisor: S = 37,000 + 22,000 + 61,000 12 s = 10,000 17

  18. Example Hamilton Method: Standard Quotas: qA = 37,000 = 3.7 10,000 qB = 22,000 = 2.2 10,000 qC = 61,000 = 6.1 10,000 18

  19. Example Hamilton Method: qA = 3.7 A gets 3 seats qB = 2.2 B gets 2 seats qC = 6.1 C gets 6 seats There is one seat still available. A has the largest decimal of .7, so A gets one more seat. Final allocation: A gets 4 seats B gets 2 seats C gets 6 seats 19

  20. Lets look at an example with 250 seats available Standard Divisor: (1646000 + 6936000 + 154000 + 2091000 + 685000 + 988000) / 250= 50,000

  21. What happens if there are more than one extra seats? This example there are 4 extra seats

  22. Alabama Paradox Discovered in 1881, a study was done on several apportionments for different house sizes, and the following was discovered: 25

  23. Alabama Paradox Occurs when a state loses a seat as the result of an increase in the house size. The Hamilton Method can create this paradox 26

  24. Alabama Paradox With a 299-seat house, three state quotas and apportionments were: Alabama q = 7.646  8, Illinois q = 18.640  18, Texas q = 9.640  9 • With a 300-seat house, TX and IL gained seats,Alabama lost a seat , but the house added a seat: Alabama q = 7.671 7, Illinois q = 18.702 19, Texas q = 9.672  10 27

  25. The Population Paradox Occurs when one state’s population increases and its apportionment decreases, while simultaneously another state’s population decreases, and its apportionment increases. Another way of a stating it: when state A loses a seat to state B even though the population of A grew at a higher rate than the population of B. The Hamilton Method can create this paradox also. 28

  26. Divisor Methods A divisor method of apportionment determines each state’s apportionment by dividing its population by a common divisor d and rounding the resulting quotient. Divisor methods differ in the rule used to round the quotient. Thomas Jefferson 29

  27. Divisor Methods The Jefferson Method The Webster Method The Hill-Huntington Method Thomas Jefferson Daniel Webster Edward V. Huntington 30

  28. The Jefferson Method Proposed by Thomas Jefferson to replace the Hamilton Method. 31

  29. Steps for the Jefferson Method: 1. First add up the total population, p, of all the states, ∑pi . 2. Calculate the standard divisor, s = p /h(total population ÷ house) . 3. Calculate each state’s quota, qi = pi /s. 32

  30. Steps for the Jefferson Method: 4. Use the lower quota L for a tentative apportionment. 5. Calculate the critical divisor for each state, di =pi /(L + 1). The state with the largest critical divisor will get the next seat. 33

  31. Steps for the Jefferson Method: 6. Re-compute the apportionments pi / d using this largest critical divisor, d. 7. List the new lower apportionments L forall states. 8. Continue this process until the house is filled. 34

  32. Example Jefferson Method: Three states: A, B, C A has population of 37,000 B has population of 22,000 C has population of 61,000 How would 12 seats be allocated using Jefferson Method? 35

  33. Example Jefferson Method: Standard Divisor: S = 37,000 + 22,000 + 61,000 12 s = 10,000 36

  34. Example Jefferson Method: Standard Quotas: qA = 37,000 = 3.7 A gets 3 seats 10,000 qB = 22,000 = 2.2 B gets 2 seats 10,000 qC = 61,000 = 6.1 C gets 6 seats 10,000 37

  35. Example Jefferson Method: Compute critical divisor: dA = 37,000 = 9250 4 dB = 22,000 = 7333 3 dC = 61,000 = 8714 7 Since A’s critical divisor is largest, it receives extra seat. 38

  36. Example Jefferson Method: A gets 4 seats B gets 2 seats C gets 6 seats 39

  37. Jefferson Method: Bad News- Jefferson’s method can produce upper-quota violations! To make matters worse, the upper-quota violations tend to consistently favor the larger states. 40

  38. The Webster Method A divisor method invented by Representative Daniel Webster. The Webster method is the divisor method that rounds the quota to the nearest whole number. Rounding fraction the usual way Round up when greater than or equal to ½ . Round down when less than ½ . 41

  39. The Webster Method The Webster method minimizes differences of representative shares between states (it does not favor the large states, as does Jefferson method). 42

  40. Steps for the Webster Method: First add up the total population, p, of all the states ∑pi . 2.Calculate the standard divisor, s = p /h(total population ÷ house). 3.Calculate each state’s (or class) quota, qi = pi /s. 43

  41. Steps for the Webster Method: 4. Round all quotas the usual way 5. If the sum of the quotas is enough to fill the house, we are finished. 44

  42. Steps for the Webster Method: 6. If not…, we adjust the quotas Adjusting the divisor: • If the quotas do not fill the house, the state which has the largest critical divisor where di =pi /(qi + ½) will receive a seat. • If the quotas overfill the house, the state which has the smallest critical divisor where di =pi/(qi − ½) will lose a seat. 45

  43. Steps for the Webster Method: 7.Re-compute the quotas qi = pi / d using this critical divisor, d. 8. Continue this process until the house is filled. 46

  44. Example Webster Method: Standard Quotas: qA = 32,000 = 3.2 A gets 3 seats 10,000 qB = 24,000 = 2.4 B gets 2 seats 10,000 qC = 64,000 = 6.4 C gets 6 seats 10,000 47

  45. Example Webster Method: The quotas do not fill the house, the state which has the smallest critical divisor where di =pi /(qi + ½) will receive a seat. • dA = 32,000 = 9143 A gets 4 seats 3.5 • dB = 24,000 = 9600 B gets 2 seats 2.5 • dC = 64,000 = 9846 C gets 6 seats 6.5 48

  46. Which Divisor Method Is Best? (3 comparisons) To find which of the two divisor methods is the fairest, compare the apportionments produced by the methods. There are 3 measures of fairness. 49

  47. Which Divisor Method Is Best? (3 comparisons) If p is the state’s population and A is its apportionment. Measures of Fairness: 1. Representative Share, A/p 2. District Population, p /A 3.Absolute and Relative Differences 50

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