Today the Census Bureau released final state population totals from the 2020 census, which will be used to reapportion congressional seats (and thus, electoral votes). This article from the Cook Political Report provides an overview of what this might mean politically, but there are lots of other resources/takes out there as well.
States losing a House seat: CA, NY, IL, WV, OH, MI, PA
States gaining a seat: FL, NC, OR, MT, CO, TX (gaining 2)
This largely shifts power from mostly Democratic states to mostly Republican states in the South and West. But some in Florida argue that we should be receiving two instead of one and blame the Trump Administration for an inaccurate census count. Regardless, this continues Florida's streak of adding at least one rep every reapportionment since 1900, the longest such streak of any state.
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