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RI is now within 157 residents of losing a US House seat, expert warns
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| December 20. 2017
Posted on 12/20/2017 6:02:59 PM PST by SMGFan
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To: SMGFan
The problem is only that people are moving from blue states to red and continue to vote Democrat.
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posted on
12/20/2017 7:21:37 PM PST
by
BitWielder1
(I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
To: SMGFan
I think the official name of it is bigger than the state. The official name is ‘State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation’
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posted on
12/20/2017 7:26:56 PM PST
by
ConservaTeen
(Islam is Not the Religion of Peace, but The religion of Pedophilia...)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
MN is cold for most of the year.
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posted on
12/20/2017 7:27:30 PM PST
by
Freee-dame
(Best election ever.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
Or, even better, apportion house districts based on number of gun owners only.
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posted on
12/20/2017 7:30:12 PM PST
by
rfp1234
(I have already previewed this composition.)
To: ConservaTeen
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posted on
12/20/2017 7:30:15 PM PST
by
SMGFan
(Sarah Michelle Gellar is on twitter @SarahMGellar)
To: SMGFan
Quick, have another Great White concert!
To: RegulatorCountry
Harding County NM is twice the size of RI and has 630 residents.
To: aynrandfreak
probably encourage more snowbirds, commuters, etc to use lower tax states as their primary residence ... costing another safe Dem seat.They won't lose a Dem seat. They will move to a red state in the south and bring their liberalism and their votes with them.
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posted on
12/20/2017 7:36:38 PM PST
by
ladyjane
To: Blood of Tyrants
Why should illegals get representation anyway? Heads can explode and they should.
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posted on
12/20/2017 7:37:21 PM PST
by
madison10
(Merry Christmas and hugs to President Trump)
To: SMGFan
Wait until Peter Griffin takes his Family and moves to Canada.
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posted on
12/20/2017 7:40:07 PM PST
by
Kickass Conservative
(Islamophobia, a word created by fascists, and used by cowards, to manipulate morons.)
To: Tijeras_Slim
“Harding County NM is twice the size of RI and has 630 residents.”
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That just boggles my mind——I’ve always lived in densely populated areas.
I guess the Harding County folks can’t just pop out to the 7-11 store for milk late at night.:-)
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posted on
12/20/2017 7:41:22 PM PST
by
Mears
To: SMGFan
Which state is closest to picking up one seat?
To: SMGFan
Merge it with Massachusetts so it loses 2 senate seats, as well.
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posted on
12/20/2017 7:56:54 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: Redbob
Texas will pick up another coupla seats in the next census, I bet.Not if Trump gets serious about expelling illegals.
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posted on
12/20/2017 7:58:27 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: SMGFan
When these blue states send us their people, they arent sending their best. The are sending Democrats.
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posted on
12/20/2017 8:03:09 PM PST
by
Lisbon1940
(No full-term Governors (at the time of election!)
To: SMGFan
**Sigh.**
No one wants to ask the real questions such as, why is 435 the magic number?
What did the constitution say about the number to be apportioned?
Why did the number of representatives stop at 435 in the early 1900s?
The organization Thirty-Thousand dot org explains this all in great detail.
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posted on
12/20/2017 8:11:53 PM PST
by
tenger
(If we don't stay on 'em, they'll get it wrong. - Joe Soucheray)
To: lightman
431st seat: CA 53
432nd seat: OH 16
433rd seat: AL 7
434th seat: CO 8
435th seat: RI 2
436th seat: NY 27
437th seat: MN 8
438th seat: MT 2
439th seat: WV 3
440th seat: AZ 10
To: scrabblehack
?????
Translation, please!
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posted on
12/20/2017 8:34:28 PM PST
by
lightman
(ANTIFA is full of Bolshevik.)
To: SMGFan
Deport illegals in CA at a rate such that they lose several seats.
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posted on
12/20/2017 8:41:28 PM PST
by
Revolutionary
("Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!")
To: lightman
Look up “Method of Equal Proportions.”
This will tell you how seats are allocated.
Under the Census Bureau’s current estimates, Rhode Island (2nd seat) would indeed receive the 435th and final seat in the Congresses of the 2020’s.
New York’s 27th seat would be the next seat, if the House were expanded to 436. Then Minnesota’s 8th seat (so Minnesota will lose a seat unless their population grows quicker than NY and RI in the next 2 yr and 4 mo. After that comes Montana’s 2nd seat - so Montana is close to getting a 2nd seat. Whether they can pass MN, NY, and RI before the next census is another story.
The next on the list is WV 3 - so yes, WV is close to losing yet another seat. After that comes AZ 10 which if it passed WV, MT, MN, NY, and RI would gain a seat.
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