Jim Geraghty at National Review Online:
The current popular vote in the House races
adds up to about 50.29 percent for the Democratic candidates and 49.7
percent for the Republican candidates. You could redraw the district
lines to give Democrats a winning percentage in 218 districts with those
figures . . . but the new lines would be as jagged, awkward, and
bizarre as the ones we have now.
“Redistricting, Not the Cause of the Continued GOP Majority”
Jim Geraghty at National Review Online:
The current popular vote in the House races
adds up to about 50.29 percent for the Democratic candidates and 49.7
percent for the Republican candidates. You could redraw the district
lines to give Democrats a winning percentage in 218 districts with those
figures . . . but the new lines would be as jagged, awkward, and
bizarre as the ones we have now.