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TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)
Tue Mar 27, 2018, 07:41 PM Mar 2018

On Chris Hayes One Pundit Stated Dems Have To Win Popular Vote By 11% Just To Stay Even?

If that statement is true then we do not have a democracy the way the GOP has rigged. This situation is totally unacceptable.

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On Chris Hayes One Pundit Stated Dems Have To Win Popular Vote By 11% Just To Stay Even? (Original Post) TheMastersNemesis Mar 2018 OP
Why? SHRED Mar 2018 #1
The GOP Have Found Ways To Pack Districts Where GOPPERS Are Totally Safe. TheMastersNemesis Mar 2018 #4
Not true former9thward Mar 2018 #9
The gop Matthew28 Mar 2018 #2
In other news, ANN COULTER on FOX w/Pirrero- Trump got the idea poboy2 Mar 2018 #3
We will beat the gerrymandering. roamer65 Mar 2018 #5
There Is Hope The Some GOPPERS Will Desert The Party. TheMastersNemesis Mar 2018 #7
That's not what the report issued said. It said we need 11% to regain Congress. sinkingfeeling Mar 2018 #6
There are differing estimates on that number from 5%-11%... Wounded Bear Mar 2018 #8
 

TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)
4. The GOP Have Found Ways To Pack Districts Where GOPPERS Are Totally Safe.
Tue Mar 27, 2018, 07:48 PM
Mar 2018

Barring a lot of GOPPERS crossing over to Democrats only A GOP candidate can win. It would be poetic justice if GOP voters flipped on them. Not likely to happen.

Nationally Democrats got more votes over all in the Congressional races yet still stayed in the minority. The GOP wantts to make i even worse if they can.

former9thward

(33,424 posts)
9. Not true
Tue Mar 27, 2018, 09:43 PM
Mar 2018

In some elections Democrats have won the popular vote and have only got a minority of seats. But not in 2016. Republicans got 49.1% of the popular vote and Democrats 48%. (63,173,815 to 61,776,554).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2016

Matthew28

(1,857 posts)
2. The gop
Tue Mar 27, 2018, 07:43 PM
Mar 2018

and the elites have completely rigged our system. We have to top this and take back our freaking country before it is too late!

 

poboy2

(2,078 posts)
3. In other news, ANN COULTER on FOX w/Pirrero- Trump got the idea
Tue Mar 27, 2018, 07:46 PM
Mar 2018

to pay for the wall w/military funds. He's watching FOX to push that lunacy into government.

ANN COULTER ON PIRRERO...we are fucked.

Wounded Bear

(63,879 posts)
8. There are differing estimates on that number from 5%-11%...
Tue Mar 27, 2018, 09:34 PM
Mar 2018

It's to overcome gerrymandering. With over 30 R(at)'s deserting the ship and 25 R districts that were won by Hillary in '16, I don't think our chances are that bad.

Need to GOTV.

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