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Celerity

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19. CA should have 70 House seats to WY's 1

Reply to tirebiter (Reply #3)

Mon May 10, 2021, 10:02 PM

May 2021

WY pop 569,013
CA pop 39,466,917 (easily over 40 million if the Census was truly representative of all the undocumented and others who were not counted.)

40 million yields 70 seats on a true pop for pop basis with WY, yet we only get 53 going forward.

In terms of the Electoral College, a WY POTUS vote is now worth 3.78 times MORE than a CA POTUS vote.

It is fucking bullshit.

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California reports first yearly population decline in its history, a drop of more than 182K people [View all] ansible May 2021 OP

how can anything related to this trump-botched census be believed samnsara May 2021 #1

Cost of living in CA is insane, it's not hard to imagine why people are leaving ansible May 2021 #2

correct. WarGamer May 2021 #5

Yep. hunter May 2021 #10

Because the numbers were compiled by the state and not the census? MichMan May 2021 #12

The number are likely correct, but the decline is likely short lived Johonny May 2021 #18

California actually showed population growth tirebiter May 2021 #3

The OP specifically states that there was a loss of population MichMan May 2021 #13

For one year, the poster was stating the net growth over the decade uponit7771 May 2021 #17

CA should have 70 House seats to WY's 1 Celerity May 2021 #19

I've mostly lived there since the 70's... except for work travel WarGamer May 2021 #4

Out of a population of about 12 million eissa May 2021 #6

The Central Valley Zeitghost May 2021 #7

I'm in the Central Valley eissa May 2021 #8

This is good news, I hope it continues. We have limited resources like water etc Raine May 2021 #9

Farmers drain far, far more water than people do ansible May 2021 #11

I prefer eating to not eating, but that's just me. MichMan May 2021 #14

I wonder how many undocumented people refused to participate, due to Trump's threats... Hekate May 2021 #15

They are all moving to Texas! Texasgal May 2021 #16