Some interesting data on rotten boroughs from Craig Russell:In most states, illegal immigrants are counted in allotting legislative districts, but the highest court to consider the issue said that's wrong:1) In the last election, an average of 301,200 presidential votes* were cast per US House District.
2) In California, the US state with the highest number of immigrants, only 255,900 votes were cast per district.
3) The 22 House members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus averaged only 161,500 votes cast in their districts…
4) The 413 non-CHC US House districts averaged 308,700 presidential votes cast.
5) Of the 10 highest immigration states (by percent), 8 voted for Obama; of the 10 lowest, 9 voted for McCain.
We are told by Obama & Co. how crucial sampling is because an ”actual enumeration” (the Constitution’s exact words) would unfairly exclude immigrants. Based on this data they’re already being overrepresented. Is it fair to give a dozen or more House seats (and electoral college votes) to people who aren’t even in this country legally, or who aren’t citizens?
In the majority opinion of the 1998 7th Circuit federal case "Barnett vs. City of Chicago," Judge Richard J. Posner ruled, "We think that citizen voting-age population is the basis for determining equality of voting power that best comports with the policy of the (Voting Rights) statute. ... The dignity and very concept of citizenship are diluted if non-citizens are allowed to vote either directly or by the conferral of additional voting power on citizens believed to have a community of interest with the non-citizens."That decision applies only to three Midwestern states, however. The Supreme Court has yet to rule definitively on the issue.
It would seem like if the GOP wanted to bring it up, they'd better do it now.
But, they'd get smeared as racists for mentioning it, so, never mind.
