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9780415873451

Congressional Representation & Constituents: The Case for Increasing the U.S. House of Representatives

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415873451

  • ISBN10:

    0415873452

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2009-11-25
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

The U.S. House of Representatives has been frozen at 435 members for almost a century, and in that time the nation's population has grown by more than 200 percent. With the number of citizens represented by each House member now dramatically larger, is a major consequence of this historical disparity a diminished quality of representation? Brian Frederick uses empirical data to scrutinize whether representation has been undermined by keeping a ceiling on the number of seats available in the House. He examines the influence of constituency size on several metrics of representation including estimating the effects on electoral competition, policy responsiveness, and citizen contact with and approval of their representatives and argues that now is the time for the House to be increased in order to better represent a rapidly growing country.

Table of Contents

List of Figuresp. viii
List of Tablesp. xi
Acknowledgementsp. xi
Why Study the Size of the House?p. 1
Debating the Size of the Housep. 13
The Growth of House District Populations and Electoral Competitionp. 38
Constituents: How Many is Too Many?p. 54
House Constituency Size and Voting Patternsp. 75
Public Opinion on the Size of the Housep. 87
The Size of the House: Does it Really Matter?p. 112
Appendixp. 124
Notesp. 127
Referencesp. 152
Indexp. 165
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