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ShadowLiberal

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8. House seats each party wins should be proportional to the national vote they get
Thu Dec 27, 2012, 10:25 PM
Dec 2012

Even with laws to avoid gerrymandering, the fact is our vote is heavily concentrated in highly populated urban areas. Most 'fair' systems of no gerrymandering will favor republicans because of this, though not as much as a republican legislature doing the gerrymandering.

Gerrymandering should be outlawed... Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #1
House seats each party wins should be proportional to the national vote they get ShadowLiberal Dec 2012 #8
But that does away with "direct representation" Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #9
Not disagreeing... brooklynite Dec 2012 #2
Nope Cosmocat Dec 2012 #3
well said NewJeffCT Dec 2012 #4
Gerrymandering has gotten more advanced pstokely Dec 2012 #5
Very interesting, thx for posting mrsadm Dec 2012 #6
Very interesting, thx for posting mrsadm Dec 2012 #7
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