apportionment
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Definition of apportionment
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Synonyms for apportionment
Synonyms
admeasurement, allocation, allotment, disbursement, dispensation, distribution, division, issuance
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But apportionment of congressional seats has always been based on a state's total population, not just on the number of citizens. — NBC News, "Fact check: Trump's claims about the citizenship question on the census," 5 July 2019 But what about the fact that in the 1960s the Court decided to restructure the apportionment of virtually every state by requiring population equality among districts, one-person, one-vote? — Guy-uriel E. Charles, Time, "SCOTUS's Ruling on Gerrymandering Endangers US Democracy," 11 July 2019 An undercount could have far-reaching consequences for the disbursement of federal money, including for social services like Medicaid and food assistance, as well as for congressional apportionment. — oregonlive.com, "Supreme Court rejection of census citizenship question cheered by Portland, Multnomah County officials," 27 June 2019 Even without these larger changes, a citizenship question that deters some immigrants from participating in the census could affect congressional apportionment. — Emily Badger, New York Times, "People Who Can’t Vote Still Count Politically in America. What if That Changes?," 22 June 2019 This could affect congressional apportionment and benefit rural, more Republican states. — Rebecca Kaplan, CBS News, "Trump claims executive privilege over census documents," 12 June 2019 Census data is used to allocate hundreds of billions of dollars in federal funding each year, as well as in congressional apportionment and redistricting. — Washington Post, "Judge declines to rule immediately on new evidence in census citizenship case," 6 June 2019 So the population grows very rapidly by world-historical standards, which means that the apportionment and redistricting functions are very disruptive. — Gregory Krieg, CNN, "The census has always been a weapon of political power," 27 Mar. 2018 Marshall supports the addition of the citizenship question, but is pushing more narrowly for undocumented immigrants not to be counted in apportionment and electoral college determinations. — Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, "Census urged to exclude undocumented immigrants in congressional seat count," 8 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'apportionment.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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