To what extent are Democrats inherently disadvantaged in congressional elections because of where they live? This was a hot topic of conversation just after the 2012 congressional elections, when the Democrats won a majority of the popular vote but a distinct minority of the seats in the House of Representatives. The subject has recently resurfaced […]
Eric McGhee
Eric McGhee is a research Fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California.
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Gerrymandering Really Isn’t a Big Deal
Noam Scheiber has a recent piece about the Republican party that makes two points. The first is that Republicans in Congress—especially the House of Representatives—are more out of touch with mainstream political opinion than their Democratic counterparts, and have grown more so recently. There are a lot of reasons to think this point is sound. […]
