Gerrymandering has been around for a while,
BUT, the Republicans refined the practice in 2011, a year after they won control of numerous state governments preparing to redraw congressional maps based on the 2010 census. It's one reason Republicans hold a solid House majority even though Americans cast 1.4 million more votes for Democratic House candidates than for GOP House candidates in 2012.
Florida is a prime example of Democrats' frustration. President Barack Obama carried the state twice, but Florida's U.S. House delegation has 17 Republicans and 10 Democrats.
Like I said, g-mandering isn't new, but the Pubs have made it an art, as MANY (Google it) states have a majority of (R) reps with a minority of voters, and just as they won the pesidency in 2000 and 2004, with a MINORITY of votes, just like their Supreme Court majority 'legally' allows Big, Dark Money to buy elections, BUT, it is SO Republican., and I think it stinks. Some things never change...
Florida is a prime example of Democrats' frustration. President Barack Obama carried the state twice, but Florida's U.S. House delegation has 17 Republicans and 10 Democrats.
Like I said, g-mandering isn't new, but the Pubs have made it an art, as MANY (Google it) states have a majority of (R) reps with a minority of voters, and just as they won the pesidency in 2000 and 2004, with a MINORITY of votes, just like their Supreme Court majority 'legally' allows Big, Dark Money to buy elections, BUT, it is SO Republican., and I think it stinks. Some things never change...
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