The politics of the demographic changes

In "Population Loss Altering Louisiana Political Landscape" the NYT reports that LA might lose a Congressional seat. And:

If evacuees from the Ninth Ward in New Orleans - a reliable bloc of 30,000 black voters that is traditionally easy to mobilize - choose suburban or rural areas over their urban roots in coming years, it could be a political blow to Democrats, said Roy Fletcher, a political consultant from Shreveport who helped elect former Gov. Mike Foster, a Republican.