It may take time, but bad governance inevitably leads to bad consequences. That's a reality Democrats have been loathe to accept, as they've continued down a black hole of awful policy, whether it be economically or culturally. The bill is coming due, though.
According to a new analysis, a "ticking timebomb" is approaching in 2030, with the electoral landscape set to shift dramatically in favor of Republicans.
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New: The ticking timebomb alarming Democrats: the 2030 reapportionment in the Electoral College.
— Nick Corasaniti (@NYTnickc) August 25, 2025
Red states gain Electoral College seats, blue states lose. The "blue wall" is gone: https://t.co/VgxHjjwfIe
The year is 2032. Studying the Electoral College map, a Democratic presidential candidate can no longer plan to sweep New Hampshire, Minnesota and the “blue wall” battlegrounds of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin and win the White House. A victory in the swing state of Nevada would not help, either.
That is the nightmare scenario many Democratic Party insiders see playing out if current U.S. population projections hold. After every decennial census, like the one coming up in 2030, congressional seats are reallocated among the states based on population shifts. Those seats in turn affect how big a prize each state is within the Electoral College — or how a candidate actually wins the presidency.
When I see "nightmare scenario" and "Democratic Party insiders" in a sentence, I tend to like what I'm reading. This has been talked about for a while, but now, with just five years to go and not much time left for major population shifts, we are starting to get some hard numbers.
For decades, Democrats have relied on the so-called "blue wall" states to win the White House. In 2016, it was thought to be an impregnable fortress of electoral votes, with Hillary Clinton not even bothering to campaign in Wisconsin. Ultimately, Donald Trump bested her in all three, and it shouldn't be lost on anyone how much of an accomplishment that was for a Republican nominee. Even in his victories, the margins were razor-thin, and there are no guarantees that Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin won't drift leftward, especially given that they are all under state-level Democrat control.
I say that to say that having a way to win the White House without needing the blue wall would be an absolute boon for Republicans. It would also spread out some of the political influence to parts of the country that have been largely neglected. Nothing against people in Pennsylvania or Michigan, but their concerns shouldn't automatically matter more than those in more reliably red states.
And that's where the big shift comes in. As things stand, Texas is set to pick up three congressional seats and their respective electoral votes. Florida is projected to gain two, while states like Utah and Idaho will gain at least one seat. The second part of the equation, because the numbers are static and must move between states, is that several blue states are set to suffer losses. California will lose three seats, while New York, Minnesota, and Illinois are all projected to lose seats as well.
What does that mean in tangible terms? It means that of the 25 different winning scenarios Democrats had in 2024, only five would remain viable.
However, when looking only at the most feasible winning combinations based on voting behaviors in the 2024 election, the outlook is far worse. Of Democrats’ 25 most plausible paths to victory in 2024, only five would remain.
Keep in mind that these are just the projections done by The New York Times. The left-leaning Brennan Center for Justice actually has Democrats losing more seats and electoral votes. So things could easily go from already bad to much worse.
How did things get to this point? They got this point because Democrats ran their states into the ground, with exploding costs of living, crime issues, and a focus on insane cultural nonsense like forcing "transgenderism" into girls' sports. That's the reality of living in a union of states. People can just leave and go somewhere else if they get sick enough of bad governance, and they've been doing so. Voters are voting with their feet, and the catastrophic consequences of that are just around the corner for Democrats.
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