He will make two observations: first, quos Deus vastat, prius dementat. and second, that the God who looks out for children, drunks and the United States of America is the same One who makes mad those He would destroy.

Where do you think they went? To NH, to register (may be) and to vote for Kerry. Census will show a mirror image reversal next year! (BTW, what is the status of the 15% of turnour registered on election day? I thought the S ec of State was investigating irrgularities.)

I re-ran Congressional Apportionment based on these new 2004 numbers, available at the Census website. Results:

Arizona, Florida, Texas, Utah all gain one seat. Iowa, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania all lose one seat.

Those results by themselves, if applied, would give Bush 288 electoral votes in the recent election, and even the loss of Ohio would still have left it a 269-269 tie, with Ohio down to 19 EV.

Massachusetts is on the verge of losing a seat; Nevada on the verge of gaining another. Also, Minnesota will likely lose a seat to Texas.

Both of those are further Republican wins.

Actual population decline used to be a Dakota phenomena.

It will be very interesting to see who loses the seat in Minnesota, if it does indeed go. Right now their delegation is split right down the middle, with comfortable incumbents in each slot. It will be a(nother) ugly redistricting battle.

The Twin Cities suburbs are gaining population and the rest of the State is losing population. Each party controls one State House. The Twin City districts will have to be expanded outwards. So, the district that gets eliminated will be one of the 4 rural ones, 2 are in the hands of each party.