Why did Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party not gain the White House and Congress?

[Cosmocat]

17. Pa

in theory is a slight blue state, but because of the absurd districting the Rs have a near mortal lock on the state senate and a pretty big margin in the state house.

There is a "commission" of five - the minority and majority leader in both the house and senate, and a fifth person who approve redistricting lines, then it gets confirmed by the courts. The courts kicked it back the last time, god know how awful it was, before they made some small changes and the courts approved it.

The thing is, the courts won't force them to walk back what already exists, and the dirty secret with it is that while Rs have been the Rs, just meaner and more disciplined and focused to get such favorable lines, the Ds mostly just do show barking about it, because their districts are so chock full of Ds that their seats are super safe.

And, I can't fathom how we will ever see the kind of turnover with them all to have them rewrite the laws on the books as they exist now.