Posted on 12/20/2017 6:02:59 PM PST by SMGFan
Yes most likely, but so will New York and Pennsylvania. Of course Georgia, Florida, and North Carolina will add seats by those very same New Yorkers and Pennsylvanians and of course Rhode Island who found it to expensive but will go down to those states and mess them up like they did their previous home.
You can even build a trend package off this for 2030, and project out that Illinois will likely lose at least one...maybe even two in the 2030 episode. I would suggest that Michigan goes down another in 2030 as well.
I think the more interesting thing here is that you have eleven states where district lines have to be redrawn in 2020/2021. There will be intense battles over the new districts created.
>> There are lovely parts of Rhode Island.
Indeed. Excellent seafood too!
Quick...import some illegal aliens. Like B Hussein Obama said...no one checks for nationality when registering to vote. And in this case, they just need the bodies. They don’t even have to vote.
Alabama -1
Arizona +1
Colorado +1
Florida +2
Illinois -2
Michigan -1
Minnesota -1
Montana +1
New York -1
North Carolina +1
Ohio -1
Oregon +1 (siphon vote from CA no doubt)
Pennsylvania -1
Rhode Island -1
Texas +3, perhaps +4
West Virginia -1
I went to Brown, and in fact graduated! So, I do retain a certain sentimental attachment.
On that basis, I might suggest that the rules for the number of Congressional Representatives be amended to establish a minimum of TWO.
“closest to picking up” not certain of meaning but will depend on actual census numbers
Here was 2010 Priority values https://www.census.gov/population/apportionment/files/Priority%20Values%202010.pdf
Look up the property taxes for those towns. Then you will see the point.
Corruption in RI was so bad when we lived in New England that I told everyone it was what Chicago would look like as a state.
“Montana use to have 2 seats. It’d be tough to find RI were it within Mont.”
Yes, we lost that seat some time ago. Lost a D rep! Our Rep has been a R ever since - so it was a good thing.
The county I live in (Gallatin) is twice the size of RI.
Additionally, to get to the southern town of Gallatin Co. we have to drive through another state.
Come visit!
“Well, the RI libtards better raise taxes to ensure the exodus of the state doesn’t effect their governmental budgets...”
Gee, one less northeast liberal puke in congress...what a loss.
“I wouldn’t be surprised to see New Jersey added to the list of states losing a House seat. Most states lose seats because their population is growing very slowly compared to other states. There are counties in New Jersey that have actually lost population since 2010.”
The problem is these escapees are flooding erstwhile normal states and bastardizing their elections. For example, VA is screwed and NC is dicey.
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