GOVT 2306 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Majority Minority, White Southerners, Joseph Schumpeter
1 Sep 2015
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Spain - france - spain - mexico - republic of texas - usa - csa - usa. Relatively high birthrates with mexicans, african americans, and white southerners throughout history. More population means greater political power, more representation in house of reps, electoral votes (how many members of house of rep) Electoral votes = hr + senate + d. c. 2 house of rep/227 4 electoral votes /290. Every 10 years, there"s reapportionment. (rust belt decline in population because of obsolete jobs. ) If you"re party is the majority of congress, it helps :) Demographic make up, no single ethnic majority - melting pot or a majority. Gain substantial influence, ones who served as chairs, congressional committees are important in terms of legislative process. Be elected in office, it was easy to keep getting elected, allows to accumulate seniority especially in a one-party state. Demographic make up, no single ethnic majority - melting pot or a majority minority state.
