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FakeNoose

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7. The one in PA wasn't really a flip

Reply to underpants (Reply #6)

Tue Nov 13, 2018, 09:24 PM

Nov 2018

It happened when the districts were redrawn this year, and different candidates ran who were't incumbents. It's sort of hard to explain. But if you recall that Conor Lamb won that special election back in March, and he won again in a different district last week. But in the district that he left behind (because of the new map) a Republican candidate won. So the net result is the same, it started out as a Republican district at the beginning of 2018 and now it is again, even though it's redrawn.

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Pictogram of US Congressional Districts as of November 2018 [View all] FakeNoose Nov 2018 OP

Do the striped ones mean they were flipped? underpants Nov 2018 #1

Yes I believe the diagonals represent flips FakeNoose Nov 2018 #3

There were 3 flips in Virginia underpants Nov 2018 #6

The one in PA wasn't really a flip FakeNoose Nov 2018 #7

Ok thanks. underpants Nov 2018 #8

NC was approximately evenly divided until our great gerrymander struggle4progress Nov 2018 #2

I predict a return to blue after the next Census! FakeNoose Nov 2018 #5

That's right! rump can take his red map and shove it up his orange ass....it's not valid. nt UniteFightBack Nov 2018 #4

Maps like this aim to depict *population* -- very thin in plains states, heavy on the coasts eppur_se_muova Nov 2018 #9

Yes we're showing the Congressional Districts only on here FakeNoose Nov 2018 #10

Thanks, it's a point I like to see made often. eppur_se_muova Nov 2018 #11