Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Characterized by an inappropriate or unfair proportional distribution of representatives to a legislative body.
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- adjective politics Of an
electoral district , characterized by adisproportionate distribution ofrepresentatives to alegislative body.
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Since rural voters in industrialized countries rely more heavily on fossil fuels than urban voters, our prediction is that malapportioned political systems will have lower gasoline taxes, and less commitment to climate change amelioration, than systems with equitable representation of constituents.
Matthew Yglesias » Malapportionment Is Destroying the Planet 2010
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Even a Congress w/supermajority requirements & a malapportioned upper chamber could better handle the present heavy agenda if it had better staff capability.
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In 1970, it was 17 percent, roughly where it is today.20 In cross-national perspective, the U.S. Senate is one of the most malapportioned upper chambers in the world, ranking just behind Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, and the Dominican Republic.21 Needless to say, it is surely the most powerful upper chamber in the world that is so skewed.
Winner-Take-All Politics Jacob S. Hacker 2010
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The “Regulators” at first petitioned for help from the legislature, which was badly malapportioned in favor of the Tidewater, and tried other peaceful means of redressing their grievances, including actions in court, without success.
Ratification Pauline Maier 2010
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The “Regulators” at first petitioned for help from the legislature, which was badly malapportioned in favor of the Tidewater, and tried other peaceful means of redressing their grievances, including actions in court, without success.
Ratification Pauline Maier 2010
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In 1970, it was 17 percent, roughly where it is today.20 In cross-national perspective, the U.S. Senate is one of the most malapportioned upper chambers in the world, ranking just behind Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, and the Dominican Republic.21 Needless to say, it is surely the most powerful upper chamber in the world that is so skewed.
Winner-Take-All Politics Jacob S. Hacker 2010
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The “Regulators” at first petitioned for help from the legislature, which was badly malapportioned in favor of the Tidewater, and tried other peaceful means of redressing their grievances, including actions in court, without success.
Ratification Pauline Maier 2010
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In 1970, it was 17 percent, roughly where it is today.20 In cross-national perspective, the U.S. Senate is one of the most malapportioned upper chambers in the world, ranking just behind Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, and the Dominican Republic.21 Needless to say, it is surely the most powerful upper chamber in the world that is so skewed.
Winner-Take-All Politics Jacob S. Hacker 2010
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In 1970, it was 17 percent, roughly where it is today.20 In cross-national perspective, the U.S. Senate is one of the most malapportioned upper chambers in the world, ranking just behind Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, and the Dominican Republic.21 Needless to say, it is surely the most powerful upper chamber in the world that is so skewed.
Winner-Take-All Politics Jacob S. Hacker 2010
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This role, btw, need not be done by a body so malapportioned.
Balkinization 2006
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