The American Thread of Mid-Term Elections (2010)

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Teo said:

outlawauron said:

Teo said:

The republicans didn't even take the senate, this just shows how out of touch they are with the majority. The house is a different story since it is not about the majority but about every little redneck pocket of people scattered in America.

You could easily turn that same statement around, you realize that?

The house of representative is the most corrupted place when it comes to government, these are the people that waste millions of tax dollars every year through pork spending and they get less attention because they do this in huge groups which makes them less visable. If moderates and liberals were spread out as conservatives are, the majority of the house would be democratic today just as the senate still is.

Being 'spread out' in terms of population distribution has very little effect on the number of congressional apportionments, and their relative parties. Since apportions are based on population, gerrymandering can only go so far. For example, where I live (Ohio), Cleveland has 2 congressmen in a very small area of space (Cuyahoga County).

If you want to argue it so badly, you can usually see that gerrymandering favors Democrats and not Republicans.