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Post by confuzzled dude Thu May 15, 2014 9:22 pm

"Gerrymandering is at least partly to blame for the lopsided Republican representation in the House. According to an analysis I did last year, the Democrats are under-represented by about 18 seats in the House, relative to their vote share in the 2012 election. The way Republicans pulled that off was to draw some really, really funky-looking Congressional districts."

"Contrary to one popular misconception about the practice, the point of gerrymandering isn't to draw yourself a collection of overwhelmingly safe seats. Rather, it's to give your opponents a small number of safe seats, while drawing yourself a larger number of seats that are not quite as safe, but that you can expect to win comfortably. "

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/05/15/americas-most-gerrymandered-congressional-districts/?hpid=z5

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Post by Hellsangel Thu May 15, 2014 9:28 pm

Gave up on bashing Modi?

Setting sights on November, Comrade?
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Post by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Thu May 15, 2014 11:10 pm

Hellsangel wrote:Gave up on bashing Modi?

Setting sights on November, Comrade?

hahaha...good one... you beat me to it. Now watch Al-Akbari to regurgitate Mogul threads soon.

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