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To: fieldmarshaldj

Yes, even based on current Census Bureau estimates, it's going to require 714,628 constituents per district -- probably more by 2010. Orleans has what, 200K? The district could be the mother of all gerrymanders, if indeed it's possible to preserve it.


24 posted on 12/22/2006 9:15:30 PM PST by scrabblehack
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To: scrabblehack

Yup, I figure only a smidge better than that (I'm guessing LA may be fortunate to add around 50k overall by then), and Orleans Parish may only be at or below 200-250k by then (and I believe half that figure are White folks from better neighborhoods that weren't as bad off as others), having lost 2/3rds of its population in the past several decades. Barring some grotesque caricature, I don't see how the seat doesn't become competitive as it will have to take in surrounding heavily GOP suburbs. The seat as it is is now a "rotten borough" with regards to population.


25 posted on 12/22/2006 10:39:38 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Cheney X -- Destroying the Liberal Democrat Traitors By Any Means Necessary -- Ya Dig ? Sho 'Nuff.)
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