House of Representatives
What is 7 years?
the official counting of the nation's population every ten years
What is the decennial census?
the state legislators have the potential to gerrymander voting because they have this responsibility
What is create voting districts?
Number of Senators in the U.S. Senate today
What is 100?
The ability of Congress to check the various activities of federal executive departments and agencies
What is the oversight function?
The minimum age of a Representative candidate
What is 25 years old?
What are at-large districts?
condensing a group of voters into as few voting districts as possible to gain an advantage in the next election is this type of gerrymandering
What is compact gerrymandering?
The minimum age requirement to serve in the U.S. Senate
What is 30 years old?
The practical theory for why the U.S. Congress is a bicameral legislature
The number of years in a Representatives term
What is 2 years?
The people and interests that an elected official represents
What are constituents?
Drawing district lines to split up a group of similar voters to diffuse their votes across many districts.
What is "thin to win" or cracking gerrymandering?
The citizenship requirement to be a U.S. Senator
What is a minimum of 9 years?
When legislators vote the way the people back home would vote, they are demonstrating this type of voting
What is delegate voting?
The Reapportionment Act of 1929 created this permanent number of Representatives in the House
What is 435?
The theory that a bicameral legislature would allow the variety of people groups within the country to balance national legislation.
What is the theoretical solution for checks and balances?
The invention of the term gerrymandering originated from a political cartoon criticizing this State's governor.
What is Massachusetts?
The constitutional protection for Senators and Representatives from being sued for what they say during Congressional debates.
What is the debate clause or "cloaking priviledge"?
When legislators balancing the conflicting factors and opinions regarding a piece of legislation, they are practicing this type of voting
What is politico voting?
the residency requirements to be a Representative in a state with more than one representative
What is you must live within the district you want to represent?
the process by which Congress checks to see the various actions of the executive branch and agencies
What is the oversight function
The Wesberry v. Sanders Supreme Court decision ruled gerrymandering unconstitutional because it violated this concept in democracy.
What is "one man, one vote"?
The members of Congress' ability to mail communications to your constituents without having to pay for postage.
What is franking privilege?
The staggering of Senator's elections so that only 1/3 of the members are elected in a given election, allows the Senate to be referred to this type of legislature.
What is a continuous body?