Detailed Instructions: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Problem:In addition to employing millions of people for a few months, the decennial Census measures population shifts that determine the apportionment of congressional seats among the states. Consequently, it also alters the makeup of the Electoral College, which we're still using. And in that respect, the official figures for the 2010 Census released today are not good for President Obama. For the most part, states he lost in 2008 gained seats, while states he won in 2008 lost them. Texas, for example, gained four congressional seats and four electoral votes, while two seats and two electoral votes were taken from New York. In total, if Obama won the same states in 2012 as he did in 2008, he would have six fewer electoral votes. That could mean the difference in a close race, but it won't change the campaign  the same states that are always battlegrounds will remain battlegrounds, and the election will pretty much hinge on who gets Ohio and Florida, which is great for those two states. 
  
 Census Data Show 308 Million People and a Regional Shift [NYT] ||||| The Census announced today that the U.S. population rose 9.7% to 308,745,538, the slowest increase since the Great Depression. The data also reapportioned the number of seats in the House of Representatives. Here’s the list of who lost and who gained seats: 
  
 New York -2 Ohio -2 Illinois -1 Iowa -1 Louisiana -1 Massachusetts -1 Michigan -1 Missouri -1 New Jersey -1 Pennsylvania -1 Arizona 1 Georgia 1 Nevada 1 South Carolina 1 Utah 1 Washington 1 Florida 2 Texas 4 |||||
Solution:
Here's a look at the states that will either gain or lose seats in the House based on the new Census results, from the Wall Street Journal: Gainers: Texas, 4; Florida, 2; and six states with 1: Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, South Carolina, Utah, and Washington. Losers: New York and Ohio lost 2 seats each, and eight states lost a single seat: Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Crunch those new numbers, and the results aren't great for President Obama, notes New York's Daily Intel blog. Generally speaking, states that he lost gained seats, and states that he won lost seats. Obama would have had six fewer electoral votes under these new allotments. "That could mean the difference in a close race, but it won't change the campaign—the same states that are always battlegrounds will remain battlegrounds, and the election will pretty much hinge on who gets Ohio and Florida, which is great for those two states," writes Dan Amira. Click here for more.