The Real Way the 2016 Election Is Rigged
"Even if Hillary Clinton wins the presidency in a landslide, there’s
no way Democrats can retake the House of Representatives -- because
there aren't enough competitive House
races for them to do it. The Republican advantage in the House is now
247-188 — the GOP’s biggest margin since Election Day 1928 -- requiring
Democrats to win 29 more. Sadly, no way.
The reason is the radical GOP gerrymandering after the 2010 census --
more brazen and technologically sophisticated than any other in modern
political history. (The same gerrymandering allows the Republicans to
govern with a supermajority in Ohio, North Carolina and Wisconsin,
despite getting less votes overall.)
Consider that in the 2012
presidential election, Democrats received 1.4 million more votes than
Republicans nationwide, but Republicans maintained a 234-201 advantage
of seats in the House -- the first time in 40 years that the party with
the most votes did not come away with the most House seats.
Gerrymandering is the most insidious form of voter suppression in
America. It must be ended with a new Voting Rights Act. But how to get
such legislation when Republicans still run the House?" - Robert Reich
