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3 unusual facts about Equal representation


Equal representation

Connecticut Compromise, the US constitutional provisions that each state receives equal representation in the US Senate.

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One man, one vote, the principal that each vote must have equal value and election districts must have equal populations

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Reynolds v. Sims, the United States Supreme Court case requiring equal population in US election districts



see also

Sizing Up the Senate

Sizing Up the Senate: The Unequal Consequences of Equal Representation, by Frances E. Lee and Bruce I. Oppenheimer, is a book that analyzes the behavior of United States Senators based on the size of the states they represent.