Characteristics of the House of Representatives
Characteristics of the Senate
Political vocab
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larger body (435 members)
Does the House have a larger or smaller body?
100
Smaller body (100 members)
Does the Senate have a smaller or larger body?
100
Definition: Distribute
What is apportion?
200
Shorter term (2 years)
Does the House have a shorter or longer term than the Senate?
200
Long term (6 years)
Does the Senate have a short or long term?
200
Definition: Those congressional elections that occur in the non presidential years, that is between the presidential elections.
What is off-year election?
300
Smaller constituencies (elected from districts within states)
Does the House or the Senate have smaller or larger constituencies?
300
Large constituencies (elected from entire state)
Does the Senate have larger or smaller constituencies?
300
Definition: Arrangement in voters in each district elect one of the states representatives from among a field of candidates running for a seat in the House from that district.
What is single member district?
400
Younger membership
Does the House have younger or older membership?
400
Old membership
Does the Senate have young or old membership?
400
Definition: elected from the state as a whole rather than from a particular district.
What is at-large?
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