How Many Constituents Are In The Average Congressional Dist? To Calculate Teabagger Representation.

[global1]

If we take that number and multiply it by 80 Teabaggers in Congress - we should get a pretty good idea of just how many Americans they represent. We then need to take that number and get a percentage of how many Americans the TeaBaggers represent against our total population. I'm thinking that the percentage is really pretty low.

[rurallib]

1. I think it will be @740,000 nex year

since populations have shifted, shrunk &/or grown it probably varies a bit more now.
I think in 2000 it was @ 675,000 or so.

[global1]

3. I Would Have Never Guessed It Was That Many......

how or where can we verify that number?

[Syrinx]

7. divide the population by 435

308,000,000 / 435 = about 708,000.

[global1]

4. Here's A Link To A Website On Congressional Apportionment....

http://www.nationalatlas.gov/articles/boundaries/a_conApport.html

Your numbers were pretty spot on.

[global1]

6. Given The 740,000 Number We Get.....

740,000 people in an average congressional district X 80 teabaggers in the House = 59,200,000 total people represented by Teabaggers

Current population of the USA = 311,859,102

59,200,000/311,859,102 or to make it easier 59.2/312 = .189 X 100 = 18.0%

If we figure on an average that 51% of the people in the district voted for the Teabagger it looks like the Teabaggers as a whole group represent about 9.6% of the people in this country.

And they are holding up this debt ceiling raising saying that is what the American people want. Hmmmmm.....

I think my math is right. Somebody please check my numbers and my logic.

[TygrBright]

2. And it only needs to be 51% of the district population, too. n/t

[rurallib]

5. 51% of those who voted

[Gamow]

8. Yes, most congressional offices are decided by numbers in the 10's of thousands.

Especially during mid-term elections. Small numbers indeed.

[global1]

9. Your Right - Not All The People In The District Even Voted......

so the percentage of the people that they represent is even less than I calculated.