Thursday, December 1, 2011

PA's Congressional districts.







1.) PA's 19th Congressional district was represented by Todd Russel Platts, a Republican.
2.) In the 2000 census, the number of districts decreased from 20 to 19, and in 2010 it decreased again from 19 to 18.
3.) There are 7 Democratic district representatives.
4.) We're in the 7th district, along with Chester, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties.
5.) Part of Delaware and Philadelphia counties are in the 1st Congressional district.
6.) Parts of Montgomery and Philadelphia counties are in the 2nd district.
7.) Geographically, the 5th district is the largest.
8.) Towards the center of the state, the districts are primarily white and Republican.
9.) In the movie State of Play, Ben Affleck played a Congressman who represented the 7th district of Pennsylvania.
10.) The population in the 7th district is 646,522.

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