Texas will gain 4 new Congressional Seats: Big Losers - New York, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio & Illinois

From Eric Dondero:

In addition to the growing trend of Party Switchers, and an unfavorable electoral environment for the Donkey Party in 2010, Democrats may be facing some very unfavorable demographic trends in the coming years.

According to new Census figures, the increasingly solid Republican South stands to gain a multitude of new seats for Congress, after 2010. Texas stands to gain an astonishing 4 new congressional seats. Other winners include: Florida, Arizona, Nevada and Utah.

According to an independent analysis by Polidata, LLC:

[This will] confirm expectations that voters living in manufacturing states are beginning to retire and head south or are otherwise leaving their homes in pursuit of new jobs.

From The Hill:

Nine states, all but one of which are located in the Northeast or Midwest — Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania — could each lose one seat next year, according to the firm.

Consequently, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Nevada, South Carolina, Utah and Washington state could each gain one seat.

The report cited Texas as the big winner, set to gain 4 new seats. It also cited Ohio as possibly losing 2 seats. Obviously, Louisiana is losing a seat do to the special circumstance of migration caused by Katrina.