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Re: 2008 Election Map by County |
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Posted by Charles G on Sat Nov 15 19:46:13 2008, in response to Re: 2008 Election Map by County, posted by AlM on Fri Nov 14 18:06:34 2008. I always felt that Democratic gerrymandering actually hurt their numbers in the House of Representatives.There are lots of districts which have been created to be overwhelmingly for a particular ethnic group, which then votes 90-10 to put a Democrat into the House. If you were to assume that the country was split 50-50, but then you take 10% of the districts and give them 90-10 Democrat margins, then the remaining 90% of districts will be starting from 54-46 deficits. Of course, that's a bit of an oversimplification, because the numbers aren't 50-50 (they vary up and down), and the remaining districts are gerrymandered to a degree as well. Still, creating districts where your candidate wins 90-10 on a regular basis always struck me as kind of dumb. |
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