Posted on 12/20/2018 5:50:56 AM PST by SMGFan
Below are Fair Lines America’s updated 2018 estimates for reapportionment following the 2020 Census. The 2020 reapportionment will allocate congressional representation (and Electoral College votes) for the 50 states from 2022 through 2030.
The 2020 Forecast
The Upper Midwest and Northeast are expected to see continued migration of representation to the South and West.
Texas looks to gain its 6th, 7th, and 8th new members this century as Florida picks up its 5th and 6th. Four western states (Arizona, Colorado, Montana, and Oregon) would expand their delegations while North Carolina may gain the 14th seat it just missed in 2010.
California is projected to lose a Congressional seat for the first time since it joined the Union.
Illinois, Michigan, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania all appear likely to lose another seat, bringing their collective loss for the century to 19.
Rhode Island is poised to join the ranks of At-Large states.
West Virginia would replace Rhode Island as one of five states with only two members,
and Minnesota is on the verge of losing the 8th seat it managed to just barely hold on to in 2010.
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We should NOT count any but Citizens and legal residents. Not one Illegal Alien should be included!
The current legal landscape would require a Constitutional amendment to change from the current state of counting everyone, to only counting citizens and legal residents.
But when the Constitution was written the Census directions were set.
We needed an Amendment to end the 3/5th rule and your desire requires an Amendment as well.
Blue states stay blue and red states turn purple.
You are correct, but good old Article 1 Section 2 calls for a count of "free persons". Not citizens. That opens the census to manipulation by Congress and the Judiciary.
The average district size based on the 1910 Census apportionment was 210,328.
In 1789, the Constitution, established that each congressional district would represent 30,000 citizens.
I'm no fan of big government but I think there might be something gained by reducing the size of congression districts and increasing the number of U.S. Representatives. (Do they really need to gather in a single room? They rarely engage in formal debate anyway.)
I think that such an effort combined with term limits and ending the direct election of senators (now just super representatives) would go a long way toward returning power to the people by making each congressman more accessible and therefore more accountable (think: re-election) to his constituents while making it harder (more complicated as well as expensive) to buy politicians--and cheaper for regular Americans to run for office.
I have read that if we can many freshman at once, the power of the legislative staff ( who remain even if someone leaves) and House leadership would increase
There is a reason that Obama moved the Census so he could have more control.
Did the US really only grow by 0.6% INCLUDING all the immigration? Let me guess - they are not counting all the illegals that come in?
We need the Census to distinguish between citizens with voting rights and non-citizens who are not applying for citizenship and retain voting rights in their country of origin. The question of how many adult U.S. citizens are in the household would suffice, and fits within the framework of the U.S. Constitution.
I'm in totla agreement. So,some kind of civil service reform (or whatever the congressional equivalent is) would be necessary. A top to bottom overhaul is needed to remove all vestiges of the "progressive era" to restore our republic.
Yes, Minister? Very conservative tv show from the Thatcher years. It illustrated in a humorous way how a well-intentioned member of Parliament was hamstrung or outright controlled by his professional civil service staffers. They ran everything!
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