Nhận biết (M1)

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:

• • Malapportionment is the over- or underrepresentation (relative to population size) of electoral districts in a governing body.

• • It is a common feature of representative governments.

• • There are 169 seats in Norway’s supreme legislature (the Storting).

• • Seats are distributed by a formula that awards 1 point per resident and 1.8 points per unit of land.

• • Less populated rural districts with large tracts of land receive a disproportionate number of seats compared to smaller but more populated urban districts.

The student wants to refute a claim that malapportionment in the Storting favors small urban districts. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

• A.

  Awarding more points per unit of land than points per resident, the formula for distributing Storting seats overrepresents less populated rural districts with large tracts of land.

• B.

  A common feature of representative governments, malapportionment occurs when electoral districts are over- or underrepresented.

• C.

  Less populated rural districts are disproportionally underrepresented in the Storting, creating an unfair advantage for smaller but more populated urban districts.

• D.

  It’s untrue that malapportionment in the 169-seat Storting favors small urban districts; rather, the formula for distributing seats overrepresents more populated districts.