If our state legislators don’t act, Pennsylvania is once again on track to lose one Congressional seat and one Electoral College vote after the next Census in 2030, according to estimates from the firm Election Data Services.

The Commonwealth saw slight net population gains between 2023 and 2024, according to the latest annual American Community Survey, but those gains were dwarfed by larger increases in southern and sunbelt states, still putting PA on track to lose representation and influence.

Some of our PA lawmakers look at the macro trends driving this divergence in growth rates, like warmer weather and cheaper average housing costs down South, and react with complacency. These are decades-long trends after all, and besides, aren’t we just a big collection of shrinking Rust Belt

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