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Ruby code to implement post-census Congressional apportionment according to current and previous US law. Copyright 2015, Garrett A. Wollman. All rights reserved. What's in here -------------- apportionment.rb - library for computing apportionment by either the Equal Proportions method (current law) or the Fair Share (Hamilton) method; also includes some static data representing the 2010 Census, 2014 and 2017 population estimates, and the actual results of the 2010 apportionment at_large_states - computes how large the House of Representatives would need to be in order to give a second seat to each of the states currently represented with a single (at-large) seat test_apportionment - test harness, uses Census 2010 data to compute the 2010 apportionment and compares this to the actual results; follow comments to see changes in various scenarios (DC, PR statehood, 2014 census estimates, etc.) 1792 - recomputes the 1792 apportionment using current methods; follow comments to switch population counted from only freemen to all persons or 3/5 compromise (using 1792 figures so Vermont and Kentucky are included) wyoming_rule - some have suggested that the size of the House be adjusted automatically to make it proportional to the ratio of the total population to that of the smallest state (currently Wyoming); this script computes the size of the House and then does the apportionment, given the specified populations
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