The demographics of decline
You keep doing the same things, yet you have less power. It must be maddening. Polipundit:
New York had 43 electoral votes. Now it has 31.
Pennsylvania had 29 electoral votes. Now is has 21.
Michigan had 21 electoral votes. Now it has 17.
Illinois had 26 electoral votes. Now it has 21.
New Jersey had 17 electoral votes. Now it has 15.
Massachusetts had 14 electoral votes. Now it has 12.These were the large six states that gave Kennedy their electoral votes in 1960 and his “victory.” In 1964, they had 150 electoral votes. Now, these same six account for 117 electoral votes. That is a decline of nearly 30%.
In 2010, New York will lose another 2 seats, Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts, one seat apiece. These six states will lose another 6 electoral votes. That will take them down to 111.
That is a decrease of 35%. Life is rough if you are a Democrat today.
The piece notes that John Kerry would have won the last election if the electoral map of 1964 were still operative.
July 2nd, 2005 at 12:40 am
My son and I were just taking about this trend. It would totally drive the Democrats crazy if you could trend the abortions in each state since Roe vs Wade and project them against each state. My guess is that they have been killing their own party’s future voters.