WASHINGTON (AP) — Texas and Florida are growing rapidly. California, Illinois and New York are shrinking.
With America’s population shifting to the South, political influence is seeping from reliably Democratic states to areas controlled by Republicans. Coming out of a presidential election , Democrats are facing a demographic challenge that could reduce their path to winning the U.S. House of Representatives or the White House for the long term.
where they lost all seven swing statesIf current trends hold through the 2030 census, states that voted for Vice President will lose around a dozen House seats — and Electoral College votes — to states that voted for President-elect . The Democratic path to 270 Electoral College votes, the minimum needed to win the presidency, will get much narrower.
Kamala HarrisDonald Trump“At the end of the day, Democrats have to be able to win in the South or compete in the South” if they want to control the levers of government, said Michael Li, senior counsel for the Democracy Program at New York University School of Law’s Brennan Center for Justice. “Otherwise, it’s a really uphill battle every time.”
