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merrily

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2. How long will it take to flip the House? Next census is 2020!

Reply to Katashi_itto (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2014, 10:07 AM

Dec 2014

New census = still more gerrymandering.

Democrats (who put ACORN out of business) should be organizing a massive voter registration effort. The Republicans sure are doing that. All those Tea Party applications to the IRS that were making headlines a while ago were about registering and educating voters. Where is our highly organized, nationwide counter to that?

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GOP Gains Largest House Majority Since Truman Administration [View all] Katashi_itto Dec 2014 OP

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How long will it take to flip the House? Next census is 2020! merrily Dec 2014 #2

The most non-gerrymandered majority elected by a national minority of voters in lowest turnout ever? Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #3

No, this one Generic Other Dec 2014 #4

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