political science exam # 2
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- what is a constituency
- when the residents in an area from which an official is elected.
- what is bicameral
- having a legislative assembly composed of two chambers or houses
- sociological representation is representation in which...
- representatives have the same racial, gender, ethnic, religious, or educational backgrounds as their constituents.
- what is sociological representation based upon...
- the principal that iof two individuals are similar in background, character, interests, and perspectives, then one could correctly represent the other's views
- what is agency representation?
- the type of representation in which a representative is eld accountable to a constituency if he or she fails to represent that constituency properly.
- incumbency is...
- holding a political office for which one is running
- term limits are
- legally prescribed limits on the number of terms an elected official can serve
- apportionment is
- the process, occurring after every decennial census, that allocates congressional seats among the fifty states
- what is redistricting?
- the process of redrawing election districts and redistributing legislative representatives