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Pryderi

(6,772 posts) Fri Nov 9, 2012, 09:03 PM Nov 2012

How Ridiculous Gerrymanders Saved the House Republican Majority

Special thanks to Chathamization for posting this in a previous thread

http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2012/11/07/how_ridiculous_gerrymanders_saved_the_house_republican_majority.html

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Mitt Romney made a late play for Pennsylvania. Super PACs dive-bombed the state with ads; the candidate made two stops to the state in the last 48 hours of the race. Despite that, the president carried the state by 5 points, similiar to the margin Al Gore won by in 2000. And despite that, this was what happened in Pennsylvania's House races.

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