for questions about claims based on gerrymandering, the practice of manipulating electoral boundaries to favor a particular political party.
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Did Republicans take 10 of 13 Congressional seats in the 2018 North Carolina general election with roughly the same number of votes as Democrats?
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Gerrymandering in North Carolina
1,747,742 votes for Democrats = 3 Congressional seats
1,638,684 votes for Republicans = 10 Congressional seats
Example sources: [1], [2]
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Does gerrymandering have a significant effect on the number of congressional seats won by Republicans?
From an AP article titled
Analysis indicates partisan gerrymandering has benefited GOP:
The AP’s findings are similar to recent ones from the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law, which used three statistical tests to…
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Did the democrats win the popular vote in the 2012 US congressional elections?
In a review of the year article in the UK newspaper the Independent, Rupert Cornwell argues that the Republican party is in some trouble because of the drift to the right and the resulting inflexible promises they have made about tax. It isn't the…
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Does gerrymandering of some US electoral boundaries drive polarisation between parties?
Political control of redistricting in state and congressional elections is common in the US. I've already addressed one possible effect in this question: Does politically controlled redistricting in US elections make incumbents more secure?
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Does politically controlled redistricting in US elections make incumbents more secure?
Many western democracies limit the power of their politicians to control the electoral boundaries to avoid the possibility of gerrymandering. UK electoral boundaries, for example, are redrawn when required by an independent commission. Many US…
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