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California’s population increases — again (May 1, 2025)
And they might be able to justify it based on population increases and shifts in populations in the current Districts as they usually try to keep them semi-the same size (I think the districts are now up to like 750,000+ each).
After the 2020 Census here in PA when we lost a seat, because there was a loss of population on the western (red areas) side of the state, they redrew the Districts to remove a District from there and then tweaked the borders for Districts here in the east.
The BIG un-gerrymandering here in PA happened in 2018 (not only redrawn but renumbered and relocated). So by 2020 and later, they already had the basic layout without the "Goofy Kicking Donald Duck" 7th Congressional District and other meandering Districts.
7th Congressional District BEFORE 2018
7th Congressional District AFTER 2018
And they might be able to justify it based on population increases and shifts in populations in the current Districts as they usually try to keep them semi-the same size (I think the districts are now up to like 750,000+ each).
After the 2020 Census here in PA when we lost a seat, because there was a loss of population on the western (red areas) side of the state, they redrew the Districts to remove a District from there and then tweaked the borders for Districts here in the east.
The BIG un-gerrymandering here in PA happened in 2018 (not only redrawn but renumbered and relocated). So by 2020 and later, they already had the basic layout without the "Goofy Kicking Donald Duck" 7th Congressional District and other meandering Districts.
7th Congressional District BEFORE 2018
7th Congressional District AFTER 2018
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