Prior to the Wesberry v. Sanders ruling, congressional districts tended to overrepresent

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Prior to the Wesberry v. Sanders ruling, congressional districts tended to overrepresent rural areas. This was because the districts were drawn based on population rather than the number of eligible voters, which resulted in rural areas with fewer eligible voters having the same representation as urban areas with more eligible voters.

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