Antonio the Sixth
Antonio V
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« on: April 01, 2012, 06:41:10 AM » |
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The population dropped from 18,236,967 in 1970 to 17,558,072 which means a 3.72% loss. However, as the US population had grown by 11.59% in the meantime, the relative loss was impressive : 13.72%. NY had 39 EVs, and 13.72% of 39 is around 5.
Note it's easy for big States to lose a lot of seats, because even a small % loss results in a high raw loss. Compare with South Dakota, which, despite losing 7.2% of its population in 1940, didn't lose a single seat. Conversely, big States gain far more seats when their population growth is higher than the national gorwth.
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