More Americans voted for a Democratic House than a GOP

[WI_DEM]

Americans Actually Voted for a Democratic House
Think Progress: "Although a small number of ballots remain to be counted, as of this writing, votes for a Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives outweigh votes for Republican candidates... 53,952,240 votes were cast for a Democratic candidate for the House and only 53,402,643 were cast for a Republican -- meaning that Democratic votes exceed Republican votes by more than half a million."

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/11/08/americans_actually_voted_for_a_democratic_house.html

redistricting kept our gains at a minimum.

[Tennessee Hillbilly]

1. Republican gerrymandering

Republican gerrymandering

[mindem]

2. Thanks for posting this.

I was feeling that this was the case.

[Democat]

3. That's a mandate - more votes for Senate, House & Presidency?

Never let anyone say there is no mandate.

[meow2u3]

4. The GOP gerrymandering tactic known as packing and cracking

They pack the minorities into safe Dem seats where they'll get at least 80% of the vote and crack the remaining districts so white Dems are underrepresented.

If it were up to me--and if I could get off scot-free just like the rethugs do--I'd give packing and cracking a new meaning. I'd crack their skulls open and pack the contents in a container to ship to KKKarl Rove (politically and metaphorically speaking, that is).

[LiberalFighter]

5. I'll have to remember that and make sure others understand that Republicans weren't

really voted into office.

[reformist2]

6. K&R.