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this week's debate lineups show that new york's political significance

Now it’s the fourth most populous state, after California, Texas, and Florida, with 29 electoral votes, likely to go down to 27 after the 2020 census. . ..

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plans to decriminalize prostitution will increase human trafficking

Democratic plans to legalize prostitution will increase human trafficking America, especially Ohio, now ranked fourth, trailing California, Texas, and Florida for the number of human trafficking abuses.. ..

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the national popular vote is national popular insanity

Absent the Electoral College, smaller states (basically all but New York, California, Texas, and Florida, which together make up about a third of the nation’s population) lose pretty much any sway they might have over a presidential contest. ..

are we in a recession already?

All nations are mosaics of local economies, and large nations like the U.S. are mosaics of local and regional economies, some of which (California, Texas, New York) are the equivalent of entire nations in and of themselves. . . . ..

immigration

The top ten states with high concentrations of Latino voters are California, Texas, New York, Florida, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, New Mexico, Virginia, and Nevada. ..

the trump effect on mexico’s political scene

Javier Corral, the new governor of the border state of Chihuahua, said he would reach out to the Pena Nieto administration, fellow border governors and Chihuahua-born migrants, many of whom live in California, Texas, New Mexico and Colorado. ..

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