Census Data Not as Bad as Democrats Feared

[applegrove]

Census Data Not as Bad as Democrats Feared

August 12, 2021 at 1:48 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 82 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/08/12/census-data-not-as-bad-as-democrats-feared/

"SNIP......

Redistricting expert David Wasserman has an early read on the U.S. Census data: “Based on the strong urban and weaker rural numbers I’m seeing, this is a much more favorable Census count than minority advocacy groups and Democrats had feared.”

Nate Cohn: “It’s a pretty decent set of data for Democrats in redistricting.”

Axios: “Almost all of the country’s population growth occurred in large metro areas over the decade.”

.....SNIP"

[elleng]

1. Good.

Thanks

[Deminpenn]

2. In PA, Allegheny County (Pittsburgh)

was up 2.2%

[BootinUp]

3. Thank Beelzebub!

[Lovie777]

4. What, rural areas are dwindling? . . .

Voter suppression and gerrymandering - republicans only hope, and that will backfire.

[applegrove]

5. Opioid deaths. Lack of good wages in red states. Big Repugs are killing

themselves.

[scarletlib]

6. There is an idea floating around with Republicans.

It was discussed in a Democratic meeting I attended.
The Republicans could gerrymander in such a way as to “crack” the cities. In other words, try to put minorities of urban voters in the surrounding rural areas to dilute their vote.

The person speaking at the meeting doesn’t think, in Florida, that it will be done. It’s a 2 edged sword that could easily go against them.

[tanyev]

7. If they get too greedy (and they inevitably will),

and spread themselves too thin in too many districts, there is a risk they could lose more than they gain.