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2016 Postmortem

TroyD

(4,551 posts) Sat Nov 17, 2012, 07:35 PM Nov 2012

The Democrats are now up to 200 seats in the House of Representatives [View all]

Ron Barber (D-AZ) was declared elected earlier today by the Associated Press in Gabrielle Giffords' former seat.

The number could go as high as 201 if the final undeclared seat in North Carolina is determined in the Democrats' favor.

Republicans currently have 234 seats.

http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/2012/results/house

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The Democrats are now up to 200 seats in the House of Representatives [View all] TroyD Nov 2012 OP

Great news, that's a net gain of 7 seats so far. Lasher Nov 2012 #1

Without that we would have won the house outright. aaaaaa5a Nov 2012 #2

The House isn't meant to represent the popular vote of the nation davidn3600 Nov 2012 #3

The house can't represent the people at the local level, Lasher Nov 2012 #4

But it does represent the states Blue4Texas Nov 2012 #5

We have to clean up the gerrymandering or reply in kind. Lasher Nov 2012 #7

And the representatives in state house Blue4Texas Nov 2012 #10

That was just in districts protected by the Voting Rights Act Lasher Nov 2012 #18

Oh, ok guess I need to get learned more about this :) Blue4Texas Nov 2012 #20

We are not a national democracy davidn3600 Nov 2012 #16

Um... that's the point. It doesn't represent the people on a local level. aaaaaa5a Nov 2012 #13

That's interesting. Do you have a link to an analysis onenote Nov 2012 #19

Here it is. This link provides lots of interesting info. aaaaaa5a Nov 2012 #21

What about that CRAZY ASS Allan West bigdarryl Nov 2012 #6

If you mean Mike McIntyre in NC...he's won the seat barring a recount that changes mnhtnbb Nov 2012 #8

We're counting Patrick Murphy? He's been certified but Cha Nov 2012 #9

Great to hear that davidpdx Nov 2012 #11

Those SOB's in PA gerrymandered those seats that we only have 5 of 18 seats. hrmjustin Nov 2012 #12

I hope we can start NOW, with a list of 50-60 of the worse, to get rid of next election Sunlei Nov 2012 #14

K & R Change has come Nov 2012 #15

2014 could be a good year depending on the economy. Drunken Irishman Nov 2012 #17

good news. thanks for the update Liberal_in_LA Nov 2012 #22