Accession Number:

AD0760895

Title:

The Reapportionment Revolution.

Descriptive Note:

Monograph,

Corporate Author:

ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA

Personal Author(s):

• Berry,Ray W.

Report Date:

1973-02-07

Pagination or Media Count:

45.0

Abstract:

The United States has long had a history of malapportionment, favoring rural over urban areas. The Supreme Court in 1962 broke this precedent, and congressional districts in the 1972 elections set a record for equal population representation. Gerrymandering is still widely used and may circumvent the concept of one man--one vote. The United States is, from a political view, a suburban nation rather than a urban nation with almost two-thirds of its population living in cities or areas of less than 50,000 persons. A reapportionment revolution has profited the fast growing suburbs which now hold the balance of political power between rural and urban areas.

Descriptors:

• (*POLITICAL SCIENCE
• UNITED STATES)
• (*RURAL AREAS
• POWER)
• POPULATION
• STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS
• URBAN AREAS
• PROBLEM SOLVING
• MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND CONTROL

Subject Categories:

• Government and Political Science

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE