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Five States Would Gain Seats if Congress Were Reapportioned with 2005 Population Estimates
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Dec 26, 2005 09:00am |
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| Category | Report |
| News Date | Thursday, December 22, 2005 02:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Election Data Services Report.
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"Five states — Arizona, Florida, Nevada, Texas, and Utah — would each gain one seat if the U.S. House of Representatives were reapportioned with census population estimates for July 1, 2005, according to an analysis by Election Data Services Inc. Five states would lose seats — Iowa, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. In Election Data Services’ 2004 analysis, only four seats changed. Nevada is an addition to the states gaining seats; Massachusetts, to the states losing seats. The 2005 population estimates, which have not been statistically adjusted for any known undercount, were released today by U.S. Census Bureau.
The 2005 reapportionment analysis shows the margins by which congressional seats were allocated, compared to the last congressional reapportionment in 2001 after the 2000 census. In the 2005 analysis, the last seat in the 435-member House would go to Missouri, which holds onto its ninth congressional seat by a margin of only 9,419. Texas, in position no. 436, would be next in line to gain still another congressional seat. Texas received 32 congressional seats in the 2001 reapportionment.
Four of the five states that would stand to gain seats in the 2005 analysis — Arizona, Florida, Nevada, and Texas — gained seats when Congress was last reapportioned in 2001. Arizona, Florida, and Texas have each gained at least one seat in every reapportionment since 1950. Utah, the fifth state that would gain a seat in the 2005 analysis, just missed gaining a seat in 2001 by only 856 people." |
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