Apportionment based on Popular Vote

[jimrtex]

The following would be the apportionment of representatives based on the popular vote for Bush and Kerry in the 2004 election.

CO, FL, MN, OH, OR, PA, and WI would gain representatives in both the UUSA and the KSA.

CA is the only state to lose representation in both.

AL, GA, ID, IN, KS, KY, LA, MS, NE, NC, OK, SC, and TN would gain seats in the UUSA, while losing seats in the KSA.

IL, MD, MA, MI, NJ, and NY would lose seats in the UUSA, while gaining in the KSA.

While representatives are shown for DC, the apportionment is based on 435 seats for the 50 states.  If you wish a 435-member body, remove the DC representative for the UUSA, and a IL and NJ representative for the KSA.

The average number of votes for the UUSA is 140,839; and for the KSA is 132,919.

Districting is left as an exercise for the reader.

Alabama                8    5
Alaska                 1    1
Arizona                8    7
Arkansas               4    4
California            37   48
Colorado               8    8
Connecticut            5    6
Delaware               1    2
District of Columbia   1    2
Florida               28   27
Georgia               14   10
Hawaii                 1    2
Idaho                  3    1
Illinois              17   22
Indiana               10    7
Iowa                   5    6
Kansas                 5    3
Kentucky               8    5
Louisiana              8    6
Maine                  2    3
Maryland               7   10
Massachusetts          8   13
Michigan              16   19
Minnesota             10   11
Mississippi            5    3
Missouri              10    9
Montana                2    1
Nebraska               4    2
Nevada                 3    3
New Hampshire          2    3
New Jersey            11   14
New Mexico             3    3
New York              20   30
North Carolina        14   11
North Dakota           1    1
Ohio                  20   20
Oklahoma               7    4
Oregon                 6    7
Pennsylvania          20   22
Rhode Island           1    2
South Carolina         7    5
South Dakota           2    1
Tennessee             10    8
Texas                 32   21
Utah                   5    2
Vermont                1    1
Virginia              12   11
Washington             9   11
West Virginia          3    2
Wisconsin             10   11
Wyoming                1    1

[minionofmidas]

KSA is Kingdom of Saudi-Arabia, but what's UUSA?
(No, I did get the point...just wondered how you arrived at those names)

[jimrtex]

KSA is Kingdom of Saudi-Arabia, but what's UUSA?
(No, I did get the point...just wondered how you arrived at those names)

Double-U S A   and   Kerry States of America.

[minionofmidas]

Double U?

That's cute.

[rbt48]

I'm afraid that while I might have thought myself to be of average intelligence, I come up way short here.  Jimrtex, I have absolutely no idea what your apportionment table is meant to portray.  Please explain for the slow witted.

[jimrtex]

I'm afraid that while I might have thought myself to be of average intelligence, I come up way short here.  Jimrtex, I have absolutely no idea what your apportionment table is meant to portray.  Please explain for the slow witted.

After each census, the number of representatives for each state in the House of Representatives is apportioned on the basis of population.   For example, the reason that Nebraska has 3 representatives is that its population is roughly 3/435 of  the total population for the United States (excluding DC).  Actually, Nebraska in 2000 had about 2.65 / 435 of the population, but since there has to be a whole number of representatives, it received 3.

What my figures show is what would happen if the number of representatives was apportioned on the basis of Bush or Kerry popular votes.  As you might expect, Nebraska's share of the national Bush total vote was larger than its share of the population, and it would receive 4 representatives if the House of Representatives was apportioned on the basis of the Bush popular vote.  Contrariwise, it would receive only 2 representatives if the House of Representatives was apportioned on the basis of the Kerry popular vote.

[Will F.D. People]

Do you have something similar based on total presidential vote?

[jimrtex]

Do you have something similar based on total presidential vote?

The average representative would represent 276,448 voters.  The gainers (vs. total population) would be:

(3) WI
(2) FL, MI, MN, OH, OR
(1) CO, CT, ME, MD, MO, MT, PA, VA, WA

Losers would be:

(-10) CA
(-5) TX
(-4) NY
(-1) AZ, GA, NJ

Alabama                7
Alaska                 1
Arizona                7
Arkansas               4
California            43
Colorado               8
Connecticut            6
Delaware               1
District of Columbia   1
Florida               27
Georgia               12
Hawaii                 2
Idaho                  2
Illinois              19
Indiana                9
Iowa                   5
Kansas                 4
Kentucky               6
Louisiana              7
Maine                  3
Maryland               9
Massachusetts         10
Michigan              17
Minnesota             10
Mississippi            4
Missouri              10
Montana                2
Nebraska               3
Nevada                 3
New Hampshire          2
New Jersey            12
New Mexico             3
New York              25
North Carolina        13
North Dakota           1
Ohio                  20
Oklahoma               5
Oregon                 7
Pennsylvania          20
Rhode Island           2
South Carolina         6
South Dakota           1
Tennessee              9
Texas                 27
Utah                   3
Vermont                1
Virginia              12
Washington            10
West Virginia          3
Wisconsin             11
Wyoming                1