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Census Report May Hinder Obama's 2012 Bid For Reelection

source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101219/ap_on_el_ge/us_census_redistricting

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The AP reports, "The 2010 census report coming out Tuesday will include a boatload of good political news for Republicans and grim data for Democrats hoping to re-elect President Barack Obama and rebound from last month's devastating elections. The population continues to shift from Democratic-leaning Rust Belt states to Republican-leaning Sun Belt states." And the GOP gained "control of dozens of state legislatures and governorships" in the 2010 midterms "just as states prepare to redraw their congressional and legislative district maps. ... The combination of population shifts and the recent election results could make Obama's re-election campaign more difficult," as states Obama "carried in 2008 are projected to lose, on balance, six electoral votes to states that" 2008 GOP presidential nominee Sen. John McCain won, which "sets a higher bar for Obama before his re-election campaign even starts."

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