介绍： 25. Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?
A nswer:
(B ecause of) the state’s population
(B ecause) they have more people
(B ecause) some states have more people
Explanation:
The fifty states of the United States have very different sizes, both in terms of (o...

介绍： 25. Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?
A nswer:
(B ecause of) the state’s population
(B ecause) they have more people
(B ecause) some states have more people
Explanation:
The fifty states of the United States have very different sizes, both in terms of (or
related to) how much land there is and the population (or how many people there
are). Some states are very large but have very few people; other states are very
small but have many people. Even so, all fifty states need to be represented in the
federal government.
What was the solution? The Founding Fathers, or the people who created the U.S.
government, decided to have two parts for lawmaking. One is the Senate, where
each state has two representatives known as senators, no matter how many people
live there. The other is the House of Representatives, where the number of
representatives that each state has is proportional to its population, m eaning that
states with large populations have more representatives in the House than those
states with small populations.
Each state is divided into a number of districts (or areas), one for each
representative that it has in the House. Each representative is elected by the people
living in his or her district. Changing where the district boundaries (or the lines
between districts) are drawn on the map can change which political party has more
power in a district. Redistricting, or changing the district boundaries, is called
gerrymandering when it influences (or affects) the results of elections so that one
political party is more likely to win. As you can see, this is a very big issue because
redistricting can decide which political party has power.
Sometimes gerrymandering is used to make district boundaries match (or be the
same as) where racial groups (or groups of people with the same skin color) live. If
the district boundaries are drawn so that white people are the majority (the largest
group) in each district, then it is more likely that only white representatives will be
elected. Obviously gerrymandering is unfair, but it is very common in modern
politics. Many have criticized this practice of racial gerrymandering.