Summary of Electoral College & Apportionment Spreadsheet!

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The video explains how the electoral college works and how it is related to the number of House seats a state has. It demonstrates how to calculate the number of seats a state will get in the U.S. Congress based on its population and the number of seats it has in the U.S. Electoral College. The video also discusses how the order of states in the Electoral College change as they receive additional seats, and how this affects the relative population per electoral college vote.

• 00:00:00 The video discusses how the electoral college works and how it is related to the number of House seats a state has. Texas, Florida, and Wyoming are the most represented states, while Illinois and Vermont have experienced population declines since the last census.
• 00:05:00 The video explains how the US House of Representatives is apportioned. The current method is called the "Huntington-Hill method." This method is based on the census population divided by the number of representatives. The article provides a summary of the Huntington-Hill method and explains how it works.
• 00:10:00 The author of the paper provides a description of the Huntington-Hill method, which is a method for determining how many representatives a state should have. The author argues that the method is superior to the previous methods because it is more accurate in terms of how it affects the population per representative. However, the author notes that the method is not perfect and that further research is needed in order to improve it.
• 00:15:00 The spreadsheet calculates the order in which states should receive additional congressional representation based on population size and distance between states.
• 00:20:00 The video explains how to calculate the number of seats a state will get in the U.S. Congress based on its population and the number of seats it has in the U.S. Electoral College. The video also demonstrates how to add an additional seat to a state, based on its population, using a spreadsheet.
• 00:25:00 The video discusses how the order of states in the Electoral College change as they receive additional seats, and how this affects the relative population per electoral college vote. The video also points out that, although the order of states is not always the same, it is roughly the same.
• 00:30:00 The video explains how the electoral college and apportionment work, and how states can get additional representatives if they are the "optimal" ones. It finds the process to be fun and interesting.
• 00:35:00 The video discusses how the electoral college works and how all of the states' representatives are determined. It finishes with a list of all the states and their electoral votes.
• 00:40:00 The video provides a detailed explanation of how the United States' Electoral College works, and how its apportionment affects the distribution of House seats. The spreadsheet included in the video is available for download, and can be used to analyze the apportionment of House seats in more detail.