Redistricting favoring big cities?

[Bandit3 the Worker]

I haven't seen detailed numbers, but several people have said the 2010 census favors larger cities and urban areas.

Anybody else hear this?

I did notice that the population for D.C. jumped about 5% (the first increase in decades), but D.C. isn't a state.

Maybe it only appears to favor big cities because of the fact that the 2000 census deliberately skipped so many urban areas.

Also, if the redistricting doesn't accommodate the cities' growth, will there be a lawsuit to remedy it? And will the new census figures make some Republican-leaning states lean Democratic?

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Many major cities have started seeing growth again. But it's usually still below the nationwide growth, and the growth seen in the suburbs, so they'll generally lose CDs again. You mention how DC grew 5%, the first time it's seen growth in a long time. Notable, but the nation grew 10%. If it were part of Maryland or Virginia, a DC-based district would have had to expand into the suburbs.

Yes, but it's usually worse than this.

D.C. has pretty much a fixed boundary and was already pretty well built-up, but what about other big cities?

Somebody said that Louisville and Lexington together now make up a much larger proportion of Kentucky's population (even if you adjust Louisville for merging with the county). I'm wondering how close it'll be to bringing Kentucky back into the Democratic column.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Wow! Look at Boston!

And Tulsa is one of few big cities to shrink?

Wow. Just wow.