Apportionment in politics refers to the process of determining how many legislative representatives each jurisdiction (such as a state or district) gets based on its population. This is a crucial aspect of representative government, as it ensures that representation in legislative bodies, such as the U.S. House of Representatives, is proportional to the population of each area. In the United States, for example, apportionment occurs after the decennial census, which counts the population of each state.
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