The pseudonym "Philo Vaihinger" has been abandoned. All posts have been and are written by me, Joseph Auclair.

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Why isn’t he counting the congressional votes?



Wouldn’t the numbers support his claim?

Elsewhere and often I have seen it claimed that more Americans voted for Democratic candidates for congress than voted for Republicans, and that the Republican majority in the house was achieved because of Republican gerrymandering of the districts.

Nationally, if the votes in the Electoral College are tied to congressional districts the gerrymandering would have the same effect, giving the Republicans a huge and clearly anti-democratic edge.

But that doesn’t mean the numbers regarding only Pennsylvania congressional districts would bear out this complaint.

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