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To: mwl8787
'Everyone should check out the generic House numbers...."

Interesting, but irrelevant as it affects the election.

Gerrymandered districts skew "wave" numbers so much as to make them neaningless as regards house results.

20 posted on 10/30/2010 11:00:32 AM PDT by diogenes ghost
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To: diogenes ghost
Gerrymandered districts skew "wave" numbers so much as to make them neaningless as regards house results.

Actually, they tend to inflate the "wave" -- if it is a Republican one.

For example, one group that be counted upon to vote 90% Democrat is the blacks. But they are "packed" in districts that are 80% black -- so as to insure the election of black representatives. They may be 13% of the population, but they are a voting majority in only, say, 6-7% of the districts.

As a rule, gerrymandered districts are (intentionally) more heavily skewed to one party than the other. Leaving the "wave" to subsume all those other districts that are generally in the 45-55% voting range.

Roughly speaking 70% of Democrat voters are in 30% of the total districts.

22 posted on 10/30/2010 11:14:19 AM PDT by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
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