International Business Times: After the second Republican defeat at the hands of President Barack
Obama, gloating Democrats and disappointed Republicans alike have pinned
the blame for Mitt Romney’s loss on one culprit alone: the GOP itself,
arguing that its pointed focus on social issues and indifferent, even
hostile, attitude toward minority voters have essentially made it a
political anachronism.
But you wouldn’t know that by looking at the nation’s state legislatures.
The
Republicans now have 30 gubernatorial seats, the highest number for
either party in 12 years, while the GOP also controls 26 state
legislatures. It retained control of the U.S. House of Representatives,
the legislative body designed to directly represent the interests and
opinions of the American people, despite sweeping wins for Democrats in
U.S. Senate races and a significant Electoral College victory for Obama.
The answer according to the article: congressional redistricting. It may have something to do with it. It is also why there are fewer divided legislatures on both sides of the aisle.