tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158169.post6555963592505579146..comments2023-06-07T08:21:44.675-05:00Comments on Tim's Thoughtful Spot: Election 2012: Post-MortemTim McGahahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10344033690443344729noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158169.post-87308411852896551392012-11-14T06:20:22.904-06:002012-11-14T06:20:22.904-06:00House seats aren't elected by the aggregate po...House seats aren't elected by the aggregate popular vote, they're elected one district at a time. I'm not sure that the aggregate popular vote says anything meaningful in this context. In a majority of Congressional districts, voters sent a Republican to the House of Representatives. To my mind, that makes it a valid split decision.<br />Tim McGahahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10344033690443344729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158169.post-58910155986477676402012-11-14T04:59:08.837-06:002012-11-14T04:59:08.837-06:00but returned a Republican majority to the House.
...<i>but returned a Republican majority to the House</i>.<br /><br />Democratic House candidates got <a href="http://www.politicsplus.org/blog/2012/11/11/how-the-minority-won-the-house/" rel="nofollow">half a million more votes</a> than Republican ones. The Republicans preserved their House majority only because of gerrymandering.<br /><br />Going by the popular vote, this whole election would have been a clean sweep for the Democrats. Not a split decision at all.Infidel753https://www.blogger.com/profile/10965786814334886696noreply@blogger.com