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Apportioning the United States House of Representatives

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  • M. L. Balinski

    (C.N.R.S., Laboratoire, Laboratoire d'Econométrie de l'Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France)

  • H. P. Young

    (School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland)

Abstract

Apportionment is the constitutional problem of allocating the seats of the United States House of Representatives proportionally to states' populations. History and common sense together suggest a fundamental set of principles of fairness that should be met by any method used to solve it. The principles determine a unique method originally proposed by Daniel Webster in 1832 that was discarded in 1941 on fallacious grounds in favor of the present one.

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  • M. L. Balinski & H. P. Young, 1983. "Apportioning the United States House of Representatives," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 13(4), pages 35-43, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:orinte:v:13:y:1983:i:4:p:35-43
    DOI: 10.1287/inte.13.4.35
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    1. Bautista, Joaquin & Companys, Ramon & Corominas, Albert, 2001. "Solving the generalized apportionment problem through the optimization of discrepancy functions," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 131(3), pages 676-684, June.
    2. Bittó, Virág, 2017. "Az Imperiali és Macau politikai választókörzet-kiosztási módszerek empirikus vizsgálata [Empirical Analysis of the Imperiali and Macau Apportionment Methods]," MPRA Paper 79554, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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