Good News Folks
Roughly 6 Red States will pick up new House of Representative Seats because of the 2010 Census results. Our nation's population is growing in the Red states in the South and the West.
The Census report indicated that our population is growing by about 9-10 percent in ten years since the last Census. That's dropped from 13-14% in the last Census.
What the Numbers Mean
What this boils down to is that several states will gain seats and a few will loose seats.The States to gain include Texas, Arizona, Nevada, South Carolina, Utah and Washington. Ohio and New York will loose two House Seats while Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey and Pennsylvania will each loose one seat. There are rumors circulating that Barney Frank's Congressional District may take a hit as well as Dennis Kucinich (D, OH). Gee, that's a real shame if it's true. We could loose two long-term Progressives without worrying. Barney Frank has been in office for over 30 years. That's WAY TOO LONG for the guy who was partly responsible for the mortgage and housing market failures!
Redistricting
These shifts in population growth will favor the Republicans and the Tea Party movement. This in-turn will have a strong effect on the 2012 Presidential election as well. Remember that the President is elected by the Electoral College and not by the popular vote. With this change in direction, the President will have to campaign more in the Red states because that's where the power has shifted in the Electoral College. Obama literally ignore the bulk of these places and devoted most of his time and money campaigning in the large coastal cities. This strategy will have to change in 2012.
The Census Bureau will begging releasing the new state apportionment numbers in February. This will cause states to re-draw Congressional Districts and decide who comes and who goes.
HOT DOG! We can't wait!
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