Projecting thirty + years into the future, California's population growth has stagnated due to a high tax rate in such cities as San Francisco, mismanagement of natural disasters, drought conditions, rising sea levels, sporadic earthquake episodes has resulted in an acceleration of an exodus of large segments of the population to Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington State, these particular states have seen an increase in there share of the electoral vote. While Colorado has experienced an increase of population size, this increase has not been as dramatic as other states.
While one West Coast state such as California, sustained huge population losses as a result of extreme weather changes as well as other natural disasters, both Oregon and Washington benefited from dramatic population growth, this was due to less extreme weather conditions and successful efforts to construct defenses against rising sea levels.
The 2052 Presidential election, has once again returned the White House to Republican control, despite the dramatic Democratic landslide four years previously, the Democrat President is unable to implement the progressive agenda he had promised, the Economy went into a deep recession due high tax rates.
Republicans selected, Olivia Harris, 50-year-old woman from Colorado, who was the daughter of two previous President's, and the grand-daughter of yet another President. Harris had not only been WHCoS under a previous President, and was into her second term in the Senate from Colorado.
Once elected, Harris implemented policies regarded as friendly to both small and big businesses alike.
The Climate Change Treaty of 2033, which had been supported by every President since Andrew Mallory, had slowly reversed the extreme weather conditions which had become a feature, sea levels had risen, creating dramatic population reductions in such coastal states Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York. Florida long considered to be one of the many state's, enjoying population growth, had sustained substantial population loss due to the increase of sea levels along it's Atlantic coast, as a result it suffered the loss of 2 electoral votes.
The resurgent economy, ensured that Harris would secure a second term and her reelection in 2056 guaranteed that her party would continue to control both houses of congress.
The Following maps might illustrate how the Republicans again were able to hold a position of dominance through three election cycles.
The 2052 Presidential Election,
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221Another possible map, was a Republican landslide, the greatest since 2040, Olivia Harris secured
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This is the following map of the 2052 election.
The 2056 Presidential Election,
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177Note: While President Olivia Harris, did win re-election, it was by a smaller margin than her victory four years previously, this was a distinction she shared with James Madison in 1812, Andrew Jackson in 1832, Woodrow Wilson in 1916, Franklin Roosevelt in 1940 (third term) & 1944 (fourth term).
The 2060 Presidential Election,
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