New population count may complicate Obama 2012 bid

New Population Count May Complicate Obamas 2012 Presidential Bid
Monday, December 20, 2010 By Charles Babington, Associated Press Washington (AP) - The 2010 Census report coming out Tuesday will include a boatload of good political news for Republicans and grim data for Democrats hoping to re-elect President Barack Obama and rebound from last month's devastating Elections. The population continues to shift from Democratic-leaning Rust Belt states to Republican-leaning Sun Belt states, a trend the Census Bureau will detail in its once-a-decade report to t...

New population count may complicate Obama 2012 bid...
The biggest gainer will be Texas, a GOP-dominated state expected to gain up to four new House seats, for a total of 36. The chief losers - New York and Ohio, each projected by nongovernment analysts to lose two seats - were carried by Obama in 2008 and are typical of states in the Northeast and Midwest that are declining in political influence. Democrats' problems don't end there. November's Elections put Republicans in control of dozens of State Legislatures and governorships, just as states pr...

New census report may complicate Obama 2012 bid
WASHINGTON — The 2010 Census report coming out Tuesday will include a boatload of good political news for Republicans and grim data for Democrats hoping to re-elect President Barack Obama and rebound from last month's devastating Elections. The population continues to shift from Democratic-leaning Rust Belt states to Republican-leaning Sun Belt states, a trend the Census Bureau will detail in its once-a-decade report to the president. Political clout shifts, too, because the nation must ...

2010 census bad news for Obama?
The population continues to shift from Democratic-leaning Rust Belt states to Republican-leaning Sun Belt states, a trend the Census Bureau will detail in its once-a-decade report to the president. Political clout shifts, too, because the nation must reapportion the 435 House districts to make them roughly equal in population, based on the latest Census figures. The biggest gainer will be Texas, a GOP-dominated state expected to gain up to four new House seats, for a total of 36. The chief loser...

New census count may complicate Obama 2012 bid
WASHINGTON — The 2010 Census report coming out Tuesday will include a boatload of good political news for Republicans and grim data for Democrats hoping to re-elect President Barack Obama and rebound from last month's devastating Elections. The population continues to shift from Democratic-leaning Rust Belt states to Republican-leaning Sun Belt states, a trend the Census Bureau will detail in its once-a-decade report to the president. Political clout shifts, too, because the nation m...

Census Count May Hamper Obama 2012 Bid
President Barack Obama answers questions on his Compromise on Tax Cuts, Unemployment Insurance and jobs on Tuesday at the White House. (Chuck Kennedy / White House) WASHINGTON (AP) - The 2010 Census report coming out Tuesday will include a boatload of good political news for Republicans and grim data for Democrats hoping to re-elect President Barack Obama and rebound from last month's devastating Elections. The population continues to shift from Democratic-leaning Rust Belt states to Republican-...

New population count may complicate Obama 2012 bid
WASHINGTON (AP) — The 2010 Census report coming out Tuesday will include a boatload of good political news for Republicans and grim data for Democrats hoping to re-elect President Barack Obama and rebound from last month’s devastating Elections. The population continues to shift from Democratic-leaning Rust Belt states to Republican-leaning Sun Belt states, a trend the Census Bureau will detail in its once-a-decade report to the president. Political clout shifts, too, because the nat...

New population count may complicate Obama 2012 bid
The 2010 Census report coming out Tuesday will include a boatload of good political news for Republicans and grim data for Democrats hoping to re-elect President Barack Obama and rebound from last month's devastating Elections. The population continues to shift from Democratic-leaning Rust Belt states to Republican-leaning Sun Belt states, a trend the Census Bureau will detail in its once-a-decade report to the president. Political clout shifts, too, because the nation must reapportion the 435 H...

Census to redeal congressional clout
WASHINGTON — The Northeast and Midwest are poised to lose as many as 10 seats in Congress, while Texas could gain four after the Census Bureau releases reapportionment data later this month, a Bloomberg analysis and other data shows. Nine states are projected to lose representatives to the House and eight are likely to gain, according to the Bloomberg forecast, which used 2008 and 2009 population estimates to predict 2010 populations for each state. The release of state population counts...

New population count may complicate Obama 2012 bid
The population continues to shift from Democratic-leaning Rust Belt states to Republican-leaning Sun Belt states, a trend the Census Bureau will detail in its once-a-decade report to the president. Political clout shifts, too, because the nation must reapportion the 435 House districts to make them roughly equal in population, based on the latest Census figures. The biggest gainer will be Texas, a GOP-dominated state expected to gain up to four new House seats, for a total of 36. The chief loser...

New census count may complicate Obama 2012 bid
WASHINGTON — The 2010 Census report coming out Tuesday will include a boatload of good political news for Republicans and grim data for Democrats hoping to re-elect President Barack Obama and rebound from last month's devastating Elections. The population continues to shift from Democratic-leaning Rust Belt states to Republican-leaning Sun Belt states, a trend the Census Bureau will detail in its once-a-decade report to the president. Political clout shifts, too, because the nation m...

New population count may complicate Obama 2012 bid
WASHINGTON — The 2010 Census report coming out Tuesday will include a boatload of good political news for Republicans and grim data for Democrats hoping to re-elect President Barack Obama and rebound from last month’s devastating Elections. The population continues to shift from Democratic-leaning Rust Belt states to Republican-leaning Sun Belt states, a trend the Census Bureau will detail in its once-a-decade report to the president. Political clout shifts, too, because the nation m...

2010 Census Brings Good News For GOP
Blue States are shrinking and Red States are gaining: The 2010 Census report coming out Tuesday will include a boatload of good political news for Republicans and grim data for Democrats hoping to re-elect President Barack Obama and rebound from last month’s devastating Elections. The population continues to shift from Democratic-leaning Rust Belt states to Republican-leaning Sun Belt states, a trend the Census Bureau will detail in its once-a-decade report to the president. Political clo...

Last Call
I wouldn't call the shift of six Electoral College seats from Obama to McCain in the new Census a "dramatic shift" towards GOP dominance, but at the state level it's going to make things harder for Democrats for the next decade. The biggest gainer will be Texas, a GOP-dominated state expected to gain up to four new House seats, for a total of 36. The chief losers — New York and Ohio, each projected by nongovernment analysts to lose two seats — were carried by Obama in 2008 and are ty...

Republican Strongholds in South, West to Gain Clout in U.S. Census Count
Republican strongholds in the U.S. South and West are poised to gain political power in time for the 2012 Presidential Election, taking Electoral Votes away from states Barack Obama carried in 2008, new population data is likely to show....

Why Well Have Aaron Pea to Kick Around After 2012
It’s marginally comforting to know that I’m not the only one who reads political stories these days and asks “What does this mean for redistricting?” In particular, Aaron Peña’s party switch really forces the issue for two reasons: a) he’s on the redistricting committee - and I wouldn’t be shocked if he’s chairing it in January; and b) it’s not hard to draw a GOP-leaning district in Hidalgo County. That said, I’m a bit skepti...

Redistricting the right way
Across Virginia, roving bands of Young People are on a rampage for Democracy. No pikes or pickaxes here. Just computer mice and maps. Christopher Newport University is sponsoring a competition to see which college can draw the best state legislative and Congressional Districts, ones that are "compact; contiguous; equal in population; in compliance with the federal Voting Rights Act; encompassing communities of interest; and respectful of existing political subdivisions." The response h...

Census Returns Likely to Hurt Dems in 2012
Raw Story reports: The 2010 Census report coming out Tuesday will include a boatload of good political news for Republicans and grim data for Democrats hoping to re-elect President Barack Obama and rebound from last month’s devastating Elections. The population continues to shift from Democratic-leaning Rust Belt states to Republican-leaning Sun Belt states, a trend the Census Bureau will detail in its once-a-decade report to the president. Political clout shifts, too, because the nation...

On the Bubble: 10 States Await Tuesday Census...
On Tuesday, U.S. Census Bureau officials will unveil numbers that will determine which states gain House seats and which states lose them in the once-a-decade reapportionment of Congressional Districts--and in the process launch a high-stakes political round of musical chairs. For the next year, powerful members of Congress will be nervously consulting computerized maps and wooing their political juniors in State Legislatures in hopes of guaranteeing that their districts are not drawn out from u...

New Population Count May Complicate Obamas 2012 Presidential Bid
CNS has a story that should help put a spring in our step. I feel rather gloomy today. Looks like the Senate did a re-take of the Food Safety and Modernization Act bill last night. Monsanto wins big time with this one, because no one has read the bill. Everyone will have to buy their seeds from the Agra giants  it sounds like. But alas, it is going back to the House. Amazing, just a few minutes away from C-Span and the Congress marches on with its Juggernaut. So on the b...

Down for the Count
There was an interesting article today on the Forbes site about the prospects of Tuesday's Census report release. An expanding population in the sun belt, and a decline in the Rust Belt, may reform our Elections in 2012 and beyond. "The population continues to shift from Democratic-leaning Rust Belt states to Republican-leaning Sun Belt states, a trend the Census Bureau will detail in its once-a-decade report to the president. Political clout shifts, too, because the nation must reapportion t...

Obama 2012 Reelection Bid Could Be Complicated By 2010 Census
WASHINGTON — The 2010 Census report coming out Tuesday will include a boatload of good political news for Republicans and grim data for Democrats hoping to re-elect President Barack Obama and rebound from last month's devastating Elections. The population continues to shift from Democratic-leaning Rust Belt states to Republican-leaning Sun Belt states, a trend the Census Bureau will detail in its once-a-decade report to the president. Political clout shifts, too, because the nation must ...

A Christmas Present to the GOP: Tuesday's Census Report
This is the most campaign and election-related item in today’s Morning Jolt, the first of Christmas week… Demography Is Destiny, Which Can Be a Pain for a Democrat The AP notices something we had mentioned a while ago, and that most political junkies had been buzzing about: “The 2010 Census report coming out Tuesday will include a boatload of good political news for Republicans and grim data for Democrats hoping to re-elect President Barack Obama and rebound from last month&#...

Census data will be bad news for the President
The Census Bureau will release its report on the recent count of the US population tomorrow, and as expected, it doesn't look good for President Barack Obama and his Democratic minions for the 2012 Elections. Combine this with the results of the 2010 elections and 2012 looks positively abysmal for the left. Many states which the President won in 2008 will lose Electoral Votes, the ones which really count, while states such as Texas will gain big. The Lone Star State is expected to gain four Hous...

Census results due out on Mass., US population
BOSTON -- The U.S. Census Bureau is ready to release its results. The findings from the once-a-decade Accounting of the U.S. population will be unveiled at 11 a.m. Tuesday. Massachusetts is expected to be among the states losing at least one Congressional Seat based on the new figures. Data from the Census is used to assess the population nationwide and in each state. Those Figures Will be used to reapportion seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. States such as Florida, Texas and Nevada a...