Help I cant figure this one out!

Question

what other part of the US democracy is affected by apportionment other than House of Representatives. ( Hint, it came into play last year and it was big)

Answer 1

The Electoral College

Apportionment is the term used for how the US splits up seats in Congress. There are 2 senators per state, but the number of Representative per state is based on that state's population.

Last year there was a census (a population count/demographic survey that happens every 10 years) so new population numbers for each state were recorded and House seats were reapportioned.

The other aspect of US democracy that is based on the number of members of Congress members in each state is the number of delegates that each state is given in the Electoral College. We don't elect the president directly. Votes are counted up in each state and the winners are apportioned a certain number of delegates (# of delegates each state has is equal to number of Congress members they have, so House + 2 Senators). These delegate then go on to elect the president.