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• States in play: An early look at 2011 redistricting

  
  The Washington Post — Authority: 952
  The Census Bureau gave political junkies a gift last week with the release of its latest population estimates , data that give very good indications of which states are set to gain congressional seats and which will lose them in the 2011 redistricting process.
  13 hours ago

• Congressional reapportionment heightens stakes of 2010 midterms

  
  Campaign Diaries — Authority: 502
  In 2004, George W. Bush won the electoral college by a 286-251 margin; four years later, Barack Obama’s prevailed by a more decisive 365-173. Yet, if the elections had been fought within the electorate college as it will look after the next census is completed, the GOP candidates would have received substantially ...
  19 hours ago

• Births, international immigration key to Iowa’s slow population growth

  
  Iowa Independent — Authority: 659
  From July 2008 to July 2009 Iowa’s population increased by only 13,869 residents, most of them newly born Iowans or immigrants from abroad, according to new estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau. Politically, this spells bad news for the Hawkeye State, as it stands to lose one of its five congressional seats ...
  22 hours ago

• Political power migrates with the population: 2010 Census will change who rules

  
  WalletPop Blog — Authority: 699
  Filed under: Recession Diaries By now, you know the numbers statisticians and economists most often use to paint the picture of the Great Recession: unemployment percentages, jobs lost and created, and gross national product among them. Now, add to that another crucial though less obvious number: shifts in U.S. ...
  23 hours ago

• California: Give or Take 1.5 Million People

  
  Ballot Box — Authority: 428
  posted by Josh Goodman Im looking forward to a year in which state and localities argue with the Census Bureau about their populations ahead of the all-important decennial count. Theres a great example of that coming out of California. From the Sacramento Bee : Federal and state demographers have conducted a ...
  1 day ago

• Representative Thompson has a great idea, but is anyone listening?

  
  South DaCola — Authority: 446
  I co uldn’t agree more with Bill’s ide a; The plan is based on Montana’s approach, which has worked well. The majority leaders of both houses choose the first two members of the seven-member citizen commission. Then the minority leaders of both houses choose the next two members. These four commission members ...
  2 days ago

• Eat your heart out, Tom Delay

  
  MetaFilter — Authority: 727
  For serious Poli Sci junkies only: the Swing State Project is holding a contest for best redistricting of New York, using the nerdtastic Daves Redistricting App . (Requires Silverlight, reading instructions highly recommended.) New York is virtually certain to lose a seat in the House of Representatives ...
  2 days ago

• Swing State Project Offers Greatest Time Sink Ever

  
  Daily Kos — Authority: 794
  If you have been looking for a way to pass the time during the holiday season, the team over at Swing State Project have the answer. Using the incredibly addictive Daves Redistricting App , they have launched a contest calling on their readers to redistrict the state of New York. If you have never used the ...
  2 days ago

• New Reapportionment Studies Are Good News for MO & WA

  
  Daily Kos — Authority: 794
  The Census Bureau has released its annual population estimates , so that means the usual players are in the field with their reapportionment projections. First up is Election Data Services . (You can check out their prior studies as well: 2007 | 2008 .) EDS now offers six different projection models. The ...
  2 days ago

• Coal in Their Stocking: Another Look Ahead at Redistricting in Indiana

  
  The Hoosierpundit — Authority: 482
  Way back in April , the lefty folks over at the Swing State Project put on their "bizarro world GOP thinking cap" and drew up what they believed to be the most Republican Congressional map possible for Indiana to get in the 2011 redistricting process. Thanks to interesting nuances in Indiana redistricting law, the ...
  3 days ago

• Texas keeps growing

  
  Off the Kuff — Authority: 147
  Every year it’s the same thing – there are a lot more Texans than there were the year before. U.S. Census estimates released Wednesday show that Texas added more residents than any other state in the year ending July 1. The Lone Star State has 478,000 more people than it did a year ago — roughly the ...
  3 days ago

• Fewer Leave the State, Pushing Up Population

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 904
  New York State’s rate of population growth is the highest since 2001, but is probably not enough to prevent the loss of at least one House seat.
  4 days ago

• Who will redraw our districts?

  
  California Ripple Effect — Authority: 121
  Post by EQCA Government Affairs Director Alice Kessler Californians have until February 12, 2010 to apply for the first ever Citizens Redistricting Commission , established last year by a voter initiative. The intent behind the new law was to de-politicize the highly-charged redistricting process and take it out ...
  4 days ago

• Pa may lose 1 seat

  
  Early Returns — Authority: 483
  Timothy McNulty | December 24, 2009 Pennsylvania is in line to lose one congressional seat after the 2010 Census and Ohio two, according to this analysis from the National Journal . House reapportionment will be announced a year from now, and redistricting will happen in 2011. (National Journal graphic below.)
  5 days ago

• Rose Institute’s Douglas Johnson in USA Today

  
  The Rose Report — Authority: 115
  The Rose Institute’s Douglas Johnson, a Consulting Fellow at the Institute, was quoted in a USA Today article about the demographic data that was released by the Census Bureau on Wednesday.  Johnson discussed what the report showed about California: “California’s Golden State image has certainly ...
  5 days ago

• Reapportionment (CQPolitics.com)

  
  enUws — Authority: 471
  CQPolitics.com – Before Redistricting, The Other ‘R’ Word Read the original here: (CQPolitics.com)"> (CQPolitics.com)">Reapportionment (CQPolitics.com)
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• New Census numbers show CA avoids losing a seat – for now

  
  The Rose Report — Authority: 115
  This morning the Census Bureau released state by state population estimates for July 1, 2009 . The numbers show California’s population growth remains slow, as net gains from new births and immigration from other countries exceed the net loss of population to other states.  Calculations by Polidata and ...
  5 days ago

• SBSun Editorial: Let commission redraw lines

  
  iePolitics.com — Authority: 153
  Posted: 12/21/2009 08:56:44 PM PST Reporter James Rufus Koren’s two-part series on redrawing political districts in California leads us to draw this conclusion: We hope the same independent, 14-member commission being formed to redistrict legislative seats also will be called upon to redraw the state’s ...
  1 week ago

• SBSun: Area could gain clout in Congress

  
  iePolitics.com — Authority: 153
  Lines to shift for I.E. politics James Rufus Koren, Staff Writer Posted: 12/20/2009 09:24:19 PM PST It’s not clear who will redraw California’s congressional districts in 2011, but it’s a near certainty that the Inland Empire will have more seats in Congress once the new lines are in place, experts say. ...
  1 week ago

• SBSun: New I.E. Assembly seat likely

  
  iePolitics.com — Authority: 153
  Area’s growth seen as helping Democrats James Rufus Koren, Staff Writer Posted: 12/19/2009 04:43:34 PM PST The Inland Empire’s rapid growth over the past decade means the region will almost certainly have more representation – and more elected Democrats – in Sacramento beginning in 2012, experts say. ...
  1 week ago

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