2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumMore Americans voted for a Democratic House than a GOP
Americans Actually Voted for a Democratic House
Think Progress: "Although a small number of ballots remain to be counted, as of this writing, votes for a Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives outweigh votes for Republican candidates... 53,952,240 votes were cast for a Democratic candidate for the House and only 53,402,643 were cast for a Republican -- meaning that Democratic votes exceed Republican votes by more than half a million."
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/11/08/americans_actually_voted_for_a_democratic_house.html
redistricting kept our gains at a minimum.
Tennessee Hillbilly
(590 posts)Republican gerrymandering
mindem
(1,580 posts)I was feeling that this was the case.
Democat
(11,617 posts)Never let anyone say there is no mandate.
meow2u3
(24,775 posts)They pack the minorities into safe Dem seats where they'll get at least 80% of the vote and crack the remaining districts so white Dems are underrepresented.
If it were up to me--and if I could get off scot-free just like the rethugs do--I'd give packing and cracking a new meaning. I'd crack their skulls open and pack the contents in a container to ship to KKKarl Rove (politically and metaphorically speaking, that is).
LiberalFighter
(51,263 posts)really voted into office.