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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.

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

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.