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2019 Census estimate changes congressional reapportionment projections

New population estimates indicate that Texas may gain three seats and Florida two seats in the US House of Representatives after next year's US Census, while New York and California may lose a seat each. A handful of other states, mainly in the West and Sun Belt are projected to...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 3, 2020 12:06 AM

Oklahoma historical congressional district maps

I've been watching politics for a very long time, going back to my childhood, so it's funny to observe the media's new-found concern about gerrymandering -- the practice of manipulating election district boundaries to benefit one party over another. The media's concern seems to have emerged with the growing dominance...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 16, 2016 3:18 PM

2010 census apportionment data released

Math, maps, and politics come together in the decennial effort to enumerate the population of the United States and apportion political representation in accordance with those numbers. Today the Census Bureau released the official 2010 population for each state, with the calculated number of U. S. Representatives to be assigned...

Posted by Michael Bates on December 21, 2010 1:19 PM

Morris Udall's Congressional Reports

I was "chasing a rabbit," looking for info on how Oklahoma apportioned seats in the State Legislature among counties prior to a 1964 Federal court mandate (which to this day overrules the text of our State Constitution). What I found was a set of newsletters on the University of Arizona...

Posted by Michael Bates on November 16, 2009 11:00 PM