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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
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