Stunning new stat out of Ohio

[octoberlib]

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Stunning new stat out of Ohio:

We already knew that Republicans got 12 of OH's 16 US House seats despite winning only 52% of total congressional vote.

But get this: Republicans also managed to hold supermajorities in the Ohio legislature despite LOSING the total state leg vote.

[leftieNanner]

1. This is hideous.

Explains why Senator Brown won his seat again, though. Too bad about Cordray.

[guillaumeb]

2. Another consequence of the 2010 election that put the GOP in control in a census year.

Illustrating the critical importance of always voting.

[Blue_true]

8. And voting intelligently.

My guess is republicans nationwide start the signature match trick, except in deep blue states, for obvious reasons.

Their objective is to eliminate as many hostile votes out of the gate as possible. As long as we help them by mailing in votes in red and republican controlled purple states instead of voting in person and paying the fuck attention that our vote gets recorded properly, republicans will continue to win elections that they should not win.

[guillaumeb]

9. Very well said.

The GOP politicians do not want everyone to vote. Light turnout leverages a small number of consistent voters far above their numbers.

[Me.]

3. Maybe Tim Ryan

should be concentrating on this rather than unseating Pelosi

[octoberlib]

5. +1,000,000,000

[chowder66]

6. x10! nt

[SharonClark]

7. Agree 100%

[Blue_true]

10. I agree. He could run for Ohio governor or Secretary of State. nt

[Me.]

11. Honestly, Would He Be The Best Choice For Either

after having Kasich don't they deserve someone better than a corporatist?

[DoctorJoJo]

4. It's Ohio--I Live Here and It Sucks, Politically! Ask President Kerry.

In Ohio, it's not how the votes are cast, but how they are counted!

[roamer65]

12. Ohio is incredibly gerrymandered.

Just look at OH-9, Marcy Kaptur’s district map.

That says it all.

[maxrandb]

13. And we'll still see people posting about how John Kasich is "such a moderate"

The 2010 election was FUCKING DEVISTATING.

We've fucking lost Ohio for a fucking generation at least. Same shit in Wisconsin, where Democrats took all "statewide" offices, but still couldn't flip a single fucking State Legislature seat or Congressional Seat.

Fuck man! Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan are the FUCKING KEY for the Retrumplicans.

Thankfully, PA was able to fix their gerrymandered shit, or we'd be talking the same god damned thing out of PA.

They were fucking surgical when they redistricted the states after 2010. Just look up Gym Jordans district in Ohio if you want to fucking cry. Damn thing stretches about 123 miles north, 100 miles east and just bites off little fucking parts of counties.

We are going to be paying for 2010 for a LONG TIME!!!!!

[waddirum]

14. Michigan will soon fix its gerrymander problem

The passage of Proposal 2 will directly address the gerrymander with an independent redistricting commission.

[roamer65]

15. We flipped MI-11 and MI-8 in spite of the gerrymandering.

Good job, Michigan Dems! The congressional count in MI is now 7-7.

Next target for 2020 is MI-06. Upton’s district in SW mich is entirely doable.

Onward and upward, Michigan!

[Demovictory9]

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