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Republican supporters of McCarthy now know what it is like Walleye Oct 2023 #1
Republicans received more votes in 2022, but were concentrated in very red areas. jimfields33 Oct 2023 #2
Well SOMEBODY Better justaprogressive Oct 2023 #3
You may want to look at the 2022 election results Zeitghost Oct 2023 #4
That's a great idea.... Think. Again. Oct 2023 #5

Walleye

(40,026 posts)
1. Republican supporters of McCarthy now know what it is like
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 10:24 AM
Oct 2023

For a small minority to force their will on a majority of people. Not so much fun when it’s done to them is it

 

jimfields33

(19,382 posts)
2. Republicans received more votes in 2022, but were concentrated in very red areas.
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 10:25 AM
Oct 2023

California and New York brought in some seats not expected.

justaprogressive

(3,567 posts)
3. Well SOMEBODY Better
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 10:41 AM
Oct 2023
FFS!
 

Zeitghost

(4,557 posts)
4. You may want to look at the 2022 election results
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 10:46 AM
Oct 2023

The majority of voters in House elections voted for Republicans by roughly 3 million votes or 3%. They won 51% of the seats with 50.6% of the total vote. We got 49% of the seats with 47.8% of the vote.

Gerrymandering had little effect on the makeup of the house. The only real effect is has is concentrating red seats in red states and blue seats in blue states.

Think. Again.

(22,330 posts)
5. That's a great idea....
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 12:18 PM
Oct 2023

...perhaps whenever a Democratic candidate discusses ANY topic they could be prepared with the statistics of how the majority actually agrees with the candidate's position, over and over, until republican voters finally begin to see that they are not actually the 'cool kids' after all.

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