The GOP, which won control of the House in midterm elections, stands to gain more seats as a result of the Census 2010 results, which show a population shift from blue states to red.Twelve seats will shift as a result of the 2010 results, said Census Bureau director Robert Groves on Tuesday. Texas will gain four new representatives, and Florida will get two, while Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, South Carolina, Utah, and Washington will gain one each.
Of these winners, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Texas, and Utah are red states, according to political scientist Charlie Cook’s Partisan Voting Index, which measures how strongly state populations are attracted to one party or another.
Nevada is a blue state – but barely so, according to the Partisan Voting Index. Only Washington among the gainers of seats is solidly Democratic.
States losing representatives, by contrast, disproportionately lean Democratic. Those who will have fewer House members are Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
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