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Interestingly, I think this is the first time, in a very long time, that California doesn't gain a seat.
I doubt that it will be a whole lot different from what it is right now, and you won't really feel the difference. Southern states might gain from this, but nobody's really going to be impacted that much.
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LOL. 57% went for lame Romney. Imagine how much a decent candidate is still going to clean up down there.
Mitt Romney got more votes than John McCain did and it was more votes than the number of new voters, meaning higher republican turn out in 2012 than in 2008.
Barack Obama also lost votes in 2012 as opposed to 2008.
in Short, the gap is smaller than you think it is.
That being said, Texas is a ways away from flipping, unless Republicans just run a horrible candidate.
If they gain nothing in 4 years, they will have an estimated 41 million residents being represented by 56 people meaning each district is roughly 732,000.
Assuming next president lasts 8 years, their successor will be elected with new electoral map. Each state will also gain or lose a rep in the US House by same amount.
States Gaining Electoral Vote(s) & New Congressional District(s)
Arizona +1
Colorado +1
Florida +2
North Carolina +1
Oregon +1
Texas +3
States Losing Electoral Vote & Congressional District
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New Census Bureau population es
timates for 2015 released today
Personally I don't waste any of my time on "estimates" what if's and predictions.
I will wait to see what DOES happen.
Thank you anyway.
It's a guarantee that NC, & Texas will gain a seat balanced against losses in Minnesota and Pennsylvania. The remaining states could be affected by changes in the estimates as we get closer to the 2020 census. Oregon for example may not gain a seat while Rhode Island may not drop to a single seat district.
But no doubt when it's all said and done, it's going to involve more than the exchange of just 2 seats.
All those liberal New Yorkers moving to Florida may change it back to a blue state.
Nah, They have been moving there since the 1920s. It hasn't happened because people get more conservative as they get older.
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