Despite gaining population in the 1990s, Indiana lost a seat in the House of Representatives after Census 2000—leaving us with nine representatives. This also has an impact on presidential elections since each state’s number of electoral votes is equal to its number of representatives plus senators.
As the population increasingly shifts to the southern and western parts of the country, Indiana is in danger of losing its ninth seat in the coming decades. This makes it all the more necessary to count every Hoosier in an effort to keep these seats.
Read more at "Projecting Apportionment" in the Indiana Business Review.
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