Any USA experts care to enlighten me?
Jan. 19th, 2004 08:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
andrewduckerWhat's the difference between the Senate and the House of Representatives?
This West Wing watcher would like to feel slightly less confused about how your government works...
This West Wing watcher would like to feel slightly less confused about how your government works...
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Date: 2004-01-19 06:09 am (UTC)Total Representatives: 438
Total Congressmen: 538
These three numbers don't change, but the distribution of reps. is redetermined every time we do a census.
Also, these correspond to the number of electoral votes. A state's electoral value is equal to the number of senators (always 2) plus the number of reps (Wyoming has 1; California has 53).
Washington, DC counts as 3 electoral votes, even though they don't have any senators or reps. But that is another discussion entirely.