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In reply to the discussion: This is WHY we have a Reality TV host the POTUS [View all]genxlib
(5,526 posts)Consider...
The popular vote was won by the Democrats in 6 of the last 7 elections (Clinton, Clinton, Gore, Bush, Obama, Obama, Clinton) yet we only held office for 4 of those 7. Further, the only "winning" Republican was an unjustified incumbent buoyed by an unjustified war.
The Senate is horribly skewed due to the size of states. The last time I checked, there were 46 Democrats elected by 67.8 million votes and 54 Republicans elected by 47.1 million votes. If the representation was relative to the voting, there would be 59 Democratic Senators.
The House of Representatives is so gerrymandered that it is estimated that Democrats would need to win by a margin of 5% overall in order to carry enough seats to gain control. In 2012, Democratic Representatives had more votes (59.65 to 58.23 million) yet still Republicans held 234-201 seats. This is especially insidious because they use these numbers to brag about a mandate to bully the agenda. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/feb/19/steny-hoyer/steny-hoyer-house-democrats-won-majority-2012-popu/