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Obama has won. Why is the HOUSE still under Repub control?

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It's solely due to redistricting. Very aggressive redistricting to the point where incumbent Democrats didn't even run since they had no chance with the redistricting changes.
 
House: This one will take some time to sort out. From the Republicans’ current majority of 242 seats, I predicted losses of 2-22 seats. It looks like the losses will be toward the low end of that range.

I am very interested in whether Democrats win the national House popular vote, which would mean a mismatch between the vote and the seat count. This is due in part to redistricting. It would be only the second time since World War II that it’s happened, and is antidemocratic with a small “d.”
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Senate: Of the closest races, election returns match polling medians in 10 out of 10. Of particular note is the North Dakota race, where Heitkamp (D) leads Berg (R), 50.5-49.5%. That’s one where I had Heitkamp based on polls, and Nate Silver had Berg based on polls plus other factors. We are also waiting on the Montana race, where Tester (D) leads Rehberg, 49-45%. The upper chamber appears headed right for the median that we predicted, 55 D/I to 45 R."
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http://election.princeton.edu/2012/11/07/after-the-storm/
 
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Gardener said:
A 15% approval rating for congress is what Americans think about gridlock.
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Mursilis said:
Yes, but that same pool of idiots keeps re-electing that Congress they hate, so there you are.
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Overall Congress is 15%.

Look at the re-election percentage though.

It is the other 532 people in congress that are the problem. The "locals (2 Senate, 1 House) are doing what is needed"
 
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mshan said:
Romney threw Senate Republicans under the bus with his Ryan VP pick: http://election.princeton.edu/2012/08/15/ryan-is-a-game-changer-but-not-for-romney/

Democrats are going to pick up a few seats, when before Ryan pick, question was whether Democrats could cling to 50 / 50 balance.
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They threw themselves under the bus with stupid comments like legitimate rape etc. Those type of comments just tainted the whole GOP. If they would of ran more socially moderate candidates they might of taken the senate. When I say more moderate just the main stream view of pro-life with the exceptions of rape, incest and mothers life would of been enough. Running extreme social conseratives cost them big time. To bad the GOP won't take the hint I am sure we will get a santorum as the nominee next time.
 
spidey07 said:
OP, are you really this stupid? House represents their district.
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Are you at the Perry HQ for his acceptance speech?

"November is coming" came and went. How's that working out for you?

Oh and to answer the OP, the answer is redistricting.
 
We sorely need a nationwide system of impartial determination of congressional districts. Far too often it is totally decided by the dominant political party which means districts keep becoming far more radical-right and left, and the congress critters have absolutely no incentive to compromise and cut deals. That's why we have gridlock in Washington, the US credit rating downgrade fiasco, the upcoming sequestration disaster, and a sub-10% approval rating.
 
Thump553 said:
We sorely need a nationwide system of impartial determination of congressional districts. Far too often it is totally decided by the dominant political party which means districts keep becoming far more radical-right and left, and the congress critters have absolutely no incentive to compromise and cut deals. That's why we have gridlock in Washington, the US credit rating downgrade fiasco, the upcoming sequestration disaster, and a sub-10% approval rating.
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There are plenty of MAp analysis programs that can generate compact districts.

This is where it starts and then those boundaries get adjusted according to political realities.

The states control that process; looking to protect their own turf and 4-8 years down the road when a local state may go for a national seat.

So there is no reason for fairness to come into play as long as the Fed guidelines are met. States rights.
 
EagleKeeper said:
There are plenty of MAp analysis programs that can generate compact districts.

This is where it starts and then those boundaries get adjusted according to political realities.

The states control that process; looking to protect their own turf and 4-8 years down the road when a local state may go for a national seat.

So there is no reason for fairness to come into play as long as the Fed guidelines are met. States rights.
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Way past time to change the rules to protect our country. Stop the bias toward districts electing extremists and we will be far better off. I remember reading way back in the Reagan days that a member of the Congress had better chances of retaining his seat than a member of the Soviet Politboro. I'm sure it's gotten even worse sine then.
 
I don't mind a split Congress. Forces issues more to the center. Hopefully with Obama in for a 2nd term the GOP can stop trying to out him and start working again.
 
We have gridlock in Washington because the people want gridlock in Washington. After 2008 and total Democrat control we got some really bad laws rammed down our throats (Obamacare) so in 2010 the People elected a Republican House to rein in some of the idiot things that Obummer and the Democrats were trying to do. In 2012 the People re-elected Obummer, but kept the Republican House reins on him.

We now have basically the same government that we had after the 2010 elections. Welcome back gridlock!
 
If Romney won there would have been the same amount of gridlock or were you expecting the dems to just agree with everything Romney said?
 
ericlp said:
If Romney won there would have been the same amount of gridlock or were you expecting the dems to just agree with everything Romney said?
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On the big issues it would of been gridlock with Romney. No chance in hell the democrats allowed a 20% tax cut to the rich, turning Medicare into a voucher system, 2 trillion in new military spending etc.

I like gridlock so I was going to win no matter what last night. I don't like either parties agendas right now.
 
Well, I'm happy Romney didn't win. Total whacked out religious fuck he is.... That's all we need more churches and money going to BS things like preparing for raptures and shit. Basically more of Bush but worse.
 
ericlp said:
Well, I'm happy Romney didn't win. Total whacked out religious fuck he is.... That's all we need more churches and money going to BS things like preparing for raptures and shit. Basically more of Bush but worse.
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We got more of Bush, but worse. He's called Obama.
 
JTsyo said:
I don't mind a split Congress. Forces issues more to the center. Hopefully with Obama in for a 2nd term the GOP can stop trying to out him and start working again.
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The House has demonstrated that they can stymie Obama.
Obama will need to swallow his pride and cross the line first and stay there to show he is willing to work with the House to accomplish anything that he wants or the government needs.

The attitudes demonstrated by his admin the first time around will just cause the same issues that we have had in the past 2 years.

The Democrats need the Republicans to get anything done. the Republicans know that presently their ideas are DOA, so what do they have to loose.
The American people showed that they are content with the existing status quo.
 
FoxNews: Romney Campaign "Worst campaign in history"

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monovillage said:
We have gridlock in Washington because the people want gridlock in Washington. After 2008 and total Democrat control we got some really bad laws rammed down our throats (Obamacare) so in 2010 the People elected a Republican House to rein in some of the idiot things that Obummer and the Democrats were trying to do. In 2012 the People re-elected Obummer, but kept the Republican House reins on him.

We now have basically the same government that we had after the 2010 elections. Welcome back gridlock!
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Yeah, the people were so mad at the ACA that they just re-elected the guy it's nicknamed after.

The Republican party doubled down on crazy and they got spanked for it, despite a President saddled by a weak economy. They can either step back from the lunatic fringe or they can go even further. It's all your choice, I win either way. Either America once again gains a sane conservative party or the Democrats keep winning elections they shouldn't.
 
The Dems may win elections; but nothing gets accomplished to further their agenda due to the gridlock conditions.
 
Given that the dems gained 2 seats in the Senate, in a year where most of the incumbents were dem making them vulnerable, I'd say that re-districting was probably the main reason for the House results.
 
Why would the house bow to him now, before they hoped he only had 2e years left; now they know he's out in four...and the electorate gave them more of aa margin.
 
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