How the Republicans maintained control of the House

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cellocgw

on Thursday November 15, 2012 @04:28PM

cellocgw writes "A statistician over at Fellows Statistics did some analysis to see what factors were most strongly correlated with disparities between popular vote (per state) and the ratio of Democrats/Republicans elected to the House of Representatives. No surprise that the party in control of redistricting ends up on top; or that in recent times, computer-aided Gerrymandering has helped the Republicans maximize the disparity between popular vote and elected seats."
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Because the Democrats suck at Gerrymandering (Score:1)

by MouseTheLuckyDog (2752443) writes:

Simple: Because Nancy Pelosi's big plan to retake the House by gerrymandering Illinois was a big fail.

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How the Republicans maintained control of the House

Because the Democrats suck at Gerrymandering (Score:1)