On mine the Northern Border of Nevada is almost straight across from .. Chicago.
(That 'other' great city of the antebellum period. Kinda like Savannah, only more humid in summer.
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Posted on 12/25/2009 10:15:03 PM PST by Lorianne
I’d need a good job and apartment secured before moving.
Louisiana’s lost 400k liberal democrats now live in Houston, Texas.
I saw this as I was leaving the store last night. Interesting story......losing dimocrats from the northeast and gaining Republicans from the south.
Worth reading.
Been there. Too hot for short... “stocky” north europeans.
From what I read Houston was the most popular destination but certainly not even half moved there.
More like 70k.
LA Times did an article not too long ago about former New Orleans residents living in LA county.
Memphis got about 10k new residents from New Orleans.
Certainly not enough to elect an openly gay mayor all by themselves though.
As far as I am concerned that Piece of legislation should have been struck down. It is clearly not what the founders laid out!
Granted it would mean alot more Congressman but they all would have diminished power because their districts would be smaller!
Very true. It would seem on face value that it was meant to keep a status quo. A rising number of representatives would definitly steer legislation towards those coming into the country.
Where were ACORN in the “toss-up” (according to the polls), New Jersey elections last month then?
Nah. Arizona is a solidly SW state.
Things are soon to be shaken up in Louisiana.
Lt. Gov and empty suit, Mitch Landrieu, Katrina Mary’s brother will resign his office to run for Mayor of N’awlins, likely the only office he could win right now. Once that happens Jay Dardenne, the Secretary of State and a Republican will ascend to the Lt. Gov’s office. Once he has been sworn in, Bobby Jindal will resign and embark on his Palinesque quest for the 2012 Republican nomination making Dardenne, as Lt. Gov, Jindal’s successor as Governor. This will likely play out by May or June of 2010.
Maybe fraud works best in close elections where the opposition is discouraged, not energized (as conservatives seem to be now)? To wit:
NJ Governor:
2009 -- Christie (R) + 4.6%
1997 -- Whitman (R) + 1.05%
1993 -- Whitman (R) + 1.04%
Whitman, as I remember, was often referred to as a the "popular" Republican governor! So what happened back in November?
On mine the Northern Border of Nevada is almost straight across from .. Chicago.
(That 'other' great city of the antebellum period. Kinda like Savannah, only more humid in summer.)
That’s absurd.
FReepers don’t get too excited....state legislatures decide congressional boundaries in their state and with most states being controlled by the ‘rats they could easily gerrymander any gains made by Republicans. This probabaly won’t take effect until 2012
2 senators per state is backwards? No it isn’t, you are clueless.
Yes, in a way that was a kind of urban renewal. I don’t know what it will do to East Texas though. I guess the good news for the state is that most of those 400k persons were among your least productive citizens. I’d be interested to see a demographic analysis of the people who left New Orleans and have not returned.
There is one electoral vote for each congressman. Congressional seats, not electoral votes, are apportioned on the basis of population.
I understand but I was digging for any “South” connection. Arizona does have them. When a reporter uses the term “south” it is understood as below the Mason-Dixon and even then connotates the “Old South”.
Ok. I’ll buy that.
But if a state gets more electoral votes, they get more representatives. Or the other way around if you prefer. Otherwise the one electoral per congressman ratio gets ruined.
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