Posted on 04/21/2005 12:52:48 PM PDT by Ravi
New York faces the prospect of losing two seats in the House of Representatives after the 2010 census, according to projections to be released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.
New York's population is projected to grow during the next five years, but at a rate far slower than states in the South and West, the Census Bureau reports. Florida is expected to pass New York as the third most populous state, behind California and Texas.
"We're still a big state, but it does hurt us, no doubt," said Robert Spitzer, professor of political science at the State University College at Cortland.
Not only will New York's congressional seats be reduced from 29 to 27, if projections hold, but New York will lose two votes in the Electoral College from 31 to 29. It is too early to speculate on the impact on individual House members, Spitzer said. There will be three congressional elections between now and the next redistricting, and the cast of characters in the New York delegation could change dramatically in the next six years. N.Y., PAGE A-11
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GOOD.
Give one back to MS!
On the bright side, it's 2 less EC votes for Mrs. Clinton.
That noise you hear is power sliding to the red states...
Almost impossible. I think he's crazy glued to it....
It'll have no affect on Hillary's 2008 run. The electoral college votes will be the same as the ones that were used in 2004.
yeah and take Nadler the Hutt's seat too - that is probably like 4 seats alone!
Nevada, Arizona, Florida, Texas and Utah are the fastest growing states. Arizona and North Carolina will move in to the top ten states. Michigan and New Jersey will fall out of the top ten. Hmmm...which ones are red states and which ones are blue?
Sounds good in theory, but remember how Congressional seats are drawn-up. That is where election rigging really takes place.
Look for a fierce re-districting battle after the 2010 census.
Damn.
Oh well, it was a nice thought until you burst the bubble..... LOL!!!!
Just remember that the state legislatures are the ones who redraw lines. I have a feeling that it won't be Charlie Rangel or his ilk being drawn out of a seat in NY. Better chance that the most conservative Republican will be looking at a primary fight with another Republican.
Our local paper ran a story today that Kentucky will be losing one as well.
Texas and Florida are supposed to be the big gainers. I think it said each would gain about 8 or 9 seats. Can we say emerging Hispanic influence in Congress?
Too bad they can't lose two Senate seats.
Maybe we can redistrict out the one Dem from Kentucky's delegation.
That will definitely be the goal. The GOP has a pretty solid lock on the State Senate right now and has made significant gains in the State House. The "shhhh, don't tell" goal of the Republican Party of Kentucky right now is to have both chambers firmly in GOP control by 2010, so that we can draw the new district lines.
If Eliot spitzer gets elected Governor in 2006, make that more like 4 seats!
That seems a bit excessive! The numbers I saw had FL and TX each gaining 3 seats.
Here's a link to a PDF showing the latest 2010 apportionment projection from Polidata:
http://www.polidata.org/census/st004nca.pdf
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