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In reply to the discussion: Obama/Dems won the battle but Repubs are winning the war.... [View all]0rganism
(23,944 posts)Republicans control the legislature and governorships in several upper-midwest states Democrats typically count on to win national elections. They're moving through legislation to allocate EVs based on congressional district. The congressional districts were recently redrawn (due to 2010 being a census year) tipping the balance of congressional delegations to the GOP big-time. In Pennsylvania, for instance, Obama won a majority of the vote in 2012, the Democrats got a majority of total house votes, and Republicans walked away with 13/18 representatives. If this were used in EV apportionment, candidate Obama would have gotten 7 EVs from PA instead of 20 EVs.
The math has been done, and it ain't pretty. If the states that are currently considering reapportionment had passed it through in 2011 we would have inaugurated president Romney yesterday.