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Answer:
Option B
Explanation:
Population, is the correct answer.
A single member of congress is elected from an electoral constituency of a congressional district. The USA, Philippines, and Japan are the countries with congressional district systems. The population is taken into account for determining the congressional district. The decennial census of the census bureau provides the population statistics for this purpose. There is a total of 435 congressional districts in the USA. Five regions of the USA send non-voting delegates to the House of Representatives.
One factor determining the number of representatives for a given congressional district is the distribution of population within the state. So, the answer is (B).
Further explanation
Every two years, US citizens hold elections to choose their representatives at the United States Congress. Each state is entitled to one or more representatives depending on the number of its inhabitants. There are small states like Wyoming or Vermont that have only one representative and larger ones like California or Texas that have many more.
States that must elect more than one representative to divide their territory into congressional districts. These areas must all contain the same number of people to share equally. The elections of representatives are organized in each district. A state like California that is allowed to elect 53 representatives is therefore divided into 53 districts in which 53 separate elections are held. The main problem of this big division is the lack of candidates in some small districts which leads to the election of the same people year after year.
The United States House of Representatives is made up of 435 members. The states that send the most representatives to the congress are:
- California: 53 representatives.
- Texas: 36 representatives.
- Florida: 27 representatives.
- New York: 27 representatives.
- Illinois: 18 representatives
States that have only one representative so only one congressional district are Alaska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Delaware, Montana, Vermont, and Wyoming.
Learn more
- The bicameral legislature: brainly.com/question/4241568
- Requirements to become a representative: brainly.com/question/13150850
- The 18 powers of Congress: brainly.com/question/13150860
Answer details
Subject: History
Chapter: The United States congress
Keywords: United States house of representatives, democracy in the United States, the election of representatives in the United States, political division of the United States
