Obama's 2008 states lose six electoral votes in new census

[GSLevel9]

Not a big deal if the margin of victory is similar to 2008...

President Obama just lost six electoral votes.

That's the upshot of new Census numbers for states that Obama carried in the 2008 election.

Because of population changes, eight of the states Obama won in 2008 lost a total of 10 U.S. House seats, while four other states he carried picked up four seats; the number of U.S. House slots helps determine a state's presidential electoral votes.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2010/12/obamas-2008-states-lose-six-electoral-votes-in-new-census/1

[BrklynLiberal]

1. And the repukes wil be gerrymandering as many Dems out of office as they can.

Too bad the Dems have not listened to Howard Dean, and do make some effort to win some more of the LOCAL elections....then the Dems might have had a chance to do some of their own gerrymandering.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_%28United_States%29

The Republican Party has the second most registered voters as of 2004 with 55 million, encompassing roughly one-third of the electorate.<1> In the 112th Congress following the 2010 elections, the Republican Party will hold a majority of seats in the House of Representatives, the majority of governorships, as well as the majority of state legislatures, and control of one chamber in five states.

[GSLevel9]

2. agreed...

but the whole "listen to Dr. Dean" part is mighty controversial round these parts.

[BrklynLiberal]

3. The Dems did not seem to be interested in working for local politics.

The repukes were working on electing their own to everything from dogcatcher, school boards, county boards, local govts and statewide seats...

And now the Dems are paying for it...

[WI_DEM]

4. Look at where many seats the Northeast and rust belt have lost since 1980

it has been a drastic decline over the last 30 years, while the Sunbelt has gained in population. Luckily the GOP doesn't have the foothold they once had in the West (remember up until 1992 California voted Republican in every presidential election since 1952 except for 1964 and the Johnson landslide).