[ambicapter]

California has a "Neutral Decrease" in population and New York has a "Neutral Increase" according to Wikipedia. I'm gonna go with the 5 year trendline, which is up.

> And even if the estimates are wrong

Nice, covering all your bases.

> Southern states are growing much faster

Yeah, smaller states grow faster than larger ones.

[cma256]

I'm talking specifically about this phenomena[1]. I wasn't agreeing with the GP that these policies are "oppressive". I'm only informing you that these states are not experiencing "explosive growth" and the downstream effects of that fact.

1. https://thearp.org/blog/apportionment/2030-apportionment-for...

[pc86]

You'll have a much better time here if you take others' arguments with the assumption that they're made in good faith.