I was thinking about the congressional reapportionment that is to happen in the next few months and what would happen if it was done on voter turnout numbers not on population numbers gathered by the census. I’ve used the totals from each state during the 2008 presidential election, i got the figures from the wikipedia entry on the 2008 presidential election by state, i think they’re fairly reliable (but if anyone has better figures let me know!). After i finished sorting the data i was genuinely surprised. results below the fold.
This is my first diary in ages btw as i usually just read the diaries and entries written by people far more knowledgeable than I, so I apologise for the shitty diary
Here are the results
Arizona – 8 seats
Alaska – 1 seat
Alabama – 7
Arkansas- 4
California – 45
Connecticut- 5
Colorado- 8
Delaware – 1
Florida – 28
Georgia – 13
Hawaii – 2
Idaho- 2
Iowa – 5
Illinois – 18
Indiana – 9
Kansas – 4
Kentucky – 6
Louisiana – 7
Maine – 2
Massachusetts – 10
Maryland – 9
Michigan – 17
Mississippi – 4
Minnesota – 10
Missouri – 10
Montana – 2
Nebraska – 3
Nevada – 3
North Dakota – 1
North Carolina – 14
New Hampshire – 2
New Mexico – 3
New Jersey – 13
New York – 25
Ohio – 19
Oklahoma – 5
Oregon – 6
Pennsylvania – 20
Rhode Island – 2
South Carolina – 6
South Dakota – 1
Tennessee – 9
Texas – 27
Utah – 3
Vermont – 1
Virginia – 12
Washington – 10
West Virginia -2
Wyoming – 1
Wisconsin – 10
Phew, so the biggest losers are Texas, California and New York and the biggest winners are Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Here are the seats that just about made it and nearly made it. (The number at the end is the priority number, for anyone that hasn’t tinkered about with reapportionment numbers before)
430. Tennessee 9 306,647
431. Florida 28 305,904
432. Texas 27 305,222
433. Colorado 8 303,850
434. Michigan 17 303,728
435. Louisiana 7 302,552
436. California 46 302,066
437. Connecticut 6 300,662
438. New York 26 299,691
439. Illinois 19 298,784
440. Maine 3 298,496
441. Virginia 13 298,099
have at it