If there wasn't an Electoral College, then I wouldn't mind the inevitable day (possibly coming soon, depending on the outcome of the corrupted census) when Minnesota loses one of its seats in Congress. Yes, we'll have one less vote in the House of Representatives, but it seems to me that it will have more meaning in presidential elections than anything else.
The district that will go away, I predict, is the giant 7th — the one currently represented by blue dog Colin Peterson. It will merge with the current 8th to become one large district across the north of the state, with the southern part of the current 7th joining with some parts of the 6th and 1st.
Land doesn't vote, as the wags say, and greater Minnesota is emptying, relative to the area around the Twin Cities and some of the other cities. It will be strange to only have seven, but it's generally clear where the lines should be drawn.
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