Mass loses seat

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In another blow to its political influence, Massachusetts will lose one of its 10 congressional seats, according to official national population figures released today by the US Census Bureau.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/12/mass_among_lose.html?rss_id=Top+Stories

 

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Texas will gain four new members of Congress, more than any other state, according to calculations released by the U.S. Census Bureau today.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7348906.html

 

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Drops one in the electoral votes too...

 

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Drops one in the electoral votes too...

http://money.cnn.com/2010/12/21/pf/Census_2010/

 

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I noticed most of the growth is in conservative states while most of the losses were in liberal strongholds. WA and NV are some outliers, but it seemed to flow in that pattern.

 

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"The congressional map continued to shift toward red states Tuesday, as the U.S. Census Bureau released new apportionment data.

The census numbers reshuffled the number of seats in Congress for 18 states, based on population gains and losses over the past decade. Most states gaining seats went for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in the 2008 presidential election, while almost all states that lost seats were won by President Obama -- many of them in the Rust Belt."

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/mapping-the-future/red-states-gain-as-new-congres.html