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Related: About this forumHere's proof that Repubs only control PA. Legislature because of gerrymandering
http://abigfatslob.blogspot.com/2015/09/how-democratic-votes-are-diluted-in.htmlExcerpt:
"Pennsylvania is so Gerrymandered that last year the Republican State Senate candidates received about 53% of the vote statewide. Yet they won nearly 83% of the contested seats. That's right -- they walked away with almost 1/3 more of the available seats than they should have in a balanced district setup.
On the House side, where the districts are smaller and hence harder to Gerrymander, they still managed to overcompensate. In State House elections in which Republicans did not run unopposed, they received just over 52% of the vote statewide. Yet, they were awarded with nearly 70% of the contested seats.
Essentially, the Republicans had a bout a 4-point margin over the Democrats in the GA elections. Not a serious foundation to build a case against the policies of a Governor who won in a landslide."
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Very similar evidence was previously publicized for the U.S. House of Representatives - showing that most of the votes went to Dems, but their votes were diluted by being ghettoized into a few districts. There are absolutely no standards in State law that limit the ability of the Legislature to gerrymander US House Districts. As a result, we get Goofy kicking Donald Duck.
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Here's proof that Repubs only control PA. Legislature because of gerrymandering (Original Post)
JPZenger
Oct 2015
OP
Democratic voters better crawl on broken glass in 2020 if we want to see any changes to the house
yeoman6987
Oct 2015
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yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)1. Democratic voters better crawl on broken glass in 2020 if we want to see any changes to the house
Any governor up for reelection and state houses need to change to blue.
corkhead
(6,119 posts)2. Even worse in Michigan. More votes cast for Dems in 2014 but there are many more repubs in Lansing.
msongs
(67,381 posts)3. once upopn a time we had a DOJ that gave a crap about this sort of thing nt
Freddie Stubbs
(29,853 posts)5. It's only a DOJ issue if it violates the rights of minorities
As in the districts are drawn in such a way to make it difficult for minorities to be elected.
MH1
(17,595 posts)4. Ah, yes, Congressional District PA-7.
I'd recognize that goofy picture anywhere, sigh.
Unfortunately, what makes the problem intractable is that gerrymandering benefits the party currently in power. So of course that party isn't actually going to change it.