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Not many within 10 percent (none / 0)

I count only 12 GOP seats where the Democrats lost by less than 10 percent -- and only 4 where we came within 5 percent.  This seems like discouraging evidence of the effectiveness of GOP gerrymandering -- even though the GOP margin in the House is not that large by historical standards, it would take something close to a Democratic landslide to undo it with current Congressional District lines.

This also suggests to me that rather than chasing after wins in marginally competitive districts, we may want to focus our efforts to retake the House on longer-term strategies -- pressing for non-partisan redistricting processes (in those states that are currently gerrymandered for the GOP) and also looking ahead to make sure we control as many governor's offices and state legislatures as possible after the 2010 Census.

by lkusmin on Mon Jan 03, 2005 at 12:00:02 PM EST


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