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In response to "I would suspect that number really comes more from Urban districts going like 80-20 Dem and Rural districts only going like 60-40 Rep. -- nm" by Ender

which is precisely how partisan gerrymandering works

Posted by znufrii Oct 2 '14, 12:29

you take a state with a roughly even partisan split, shove a large part of the democrats into a few massively partisan blue districts, and spread the rest between a larger number of modestly but significantly red ones.

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in wa they have broken up several 'urban' districts so minorities are not the majority in one, but minority in several -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 2, 12:41
Here's a question I've always wondered about - Strongbad Oct 2, 12:39 3
- yeah, that does get a bit tricky, as gerrymandering is also used to ensure minority representation in Congress - znufrii Oct 2, 12:44 2
  - Man. It would be World War 3 here in GA if the R's set their sight on Lewis. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 2, 12:57 1
    - in any case, it's all the better for the Republicans if they keep him around and put as many Democrats as possible into his district. - znufrii Oct 2, 13:00
Or the other way around. -- nm - spamlet Oct 2, 12:34 1
- or the other way around, I'm using the GOP simply for illustrative purposes, as they've used it to their marked advantage most recently. -- nm - znufrii Oct 2, 12:35
and lo and behold, in 2012... -- (link) - znufrii Oct 2, 12:34

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