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bottomofthehill

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3. Minority Voters in the south are often packed into single districts

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Sat Nov 17, 2012, 03:08 AM

Nov 2012

It does two things, almost insures minority representation (Cohen in Tenn is an exception to the rule) and wipes out the Democratic party in the non-urban south

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Now for the bad news for us from 2010 and 2012 (How the South cost us the House) [View all] dsc Nov 2012 OP

I knew it was bad, but WOW! Sinistrous Nov 2012 #1

It is very bad dsc Nov 2012 #2

Minority Voters in the south are often packed into single districts bottomofthehill Nov 2012 #3

It's not just the US House. The vast majority of white voters in the South never vote for Democrats LonePirate Nov 2012 #4

until 2010 ours was heavily Democratic dsc Nov 2012 #13

Excellent breakdown. Thanks! WhaTHellsgoingonhere Nov 2012 #5

And guess what? Are_grits_groceries Nov 2012 #6

What? No, all of them did not have decent percentages that voted for the president cali Nov 2012 #8

Wait! Whut? Are_grits_groceries Nov 2012 #9

Nothing illustrates more clearly how divided we are cali Nov 2012 #7

Overall, Democrats picked up at least six seats ProSense Nov 2012 #10

If we had picked up 15 more seats in the South dsc Nov 2012 #11

My prediction mick063 Nov 2012 #12