The 2010 Census for the United States released the first results of the census today. Missouri will lose one of its nine congressional seats.
Apportionment of Congressional seats as a result of the 2010 census. Missouri loses one seat – down to eight.
Take Vicky Hartzler‘s (r) seat, please.
Along with Missouri, Illinois (-1), Iowa (-1), Louisiana (-1), Massachusetts (-1), Michigan (-1), New Jersey (-1), New York (-2), Ohio (-2) and Pennsylvania (-1) will lose seats [pdf]. Arizona (+1), Florida (+2), Georgia (+1), Nevada (+1), South Carolina (+1), Texas (+4), Utah (+1) and Washington (+1) gain seats.
6 R, 2 D state come the 2012 elections, that’s my prediction.
Ain’t no way this state party with the amount of control it has will try to do anything but play hardball, gerrymandering politics.
I don’t blame them, I would if I were in charge.
This will be a repeat of 2000: legislature will gerrymander a map, the Dem governor will veto it, the state courts will then draw a map that leans Rep.
The wingers down the street at the capitol might play it smart and hand Nixon a map that ensures the 2 urban Dem seats remain staunchly Dem, 4 districts that will be blood red, and 2 districts that will appear competitive but in fact will almost always go Rep because the party machine is far stronger and they can take a district that “leans red” and make it blood red.
We are now Alabama.