"district" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The State was compelled to enact a new redistricting plan that followed smaller population deviations of district size.
- Although there is no precise correlation between district size and educational performance, some redrawing of district lines is long overdue.
- To reach the minimum of 100 representatives, Congress would initially have had to keep the district size at 30,000 per representative.
- For a population of 8 million, a district size of one per at least 50,000 yields at most 160 representatives, below the minimum of 200.
- As the final clause only stipulates a minimum district size, it would thereafter have allowed for any number of representatives between 200 and the current population divided by 50,000.
- At the approximate current U.S. population of 310,000,000, this would yield a House of Representatives with 200 to 6,200 members, depending on the district size.
- With all the concern over district boundaries, there is no consensus on the ideal district size.
- Other factors considered under the formula were cost of living, district size, enrollment growth and the amount of students learning to speak English.
- Population changes eventually reduced the district size until it again covered just 21 counties in the eastern part of the state.
- By dividing Pennsylvania's population by the number of House seats it was entitled to, the ideal district size in 1930 was 283,275.
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