Tweet by @Nate_Cohn | PolitiTweet

Nate Cohn @Nate_Cohn

It is equal numbers *with respect to the country.* ie: since Biden won by 4.4, there are 229 Biden CDs to 206 for Trump, but there are 217 districts where Biden did better than +4.4 and 218 districts where he did worse than +4.4 https://t.co/A6BjBsGHHE — PolitiTweet.org

@Nate_Cohn But your definition of ‘fair’ is equal numbers—which is fine, but given that Biden beat Trump by million… https://t.co/pPfvulnaIs

Posted March 10, 2022

Preceded By

Nate Cohn @Nate_Cohn

All of these measures are with respect to the national vote. So if remaining maps are those proposed by state GOP, there will be 218 districts that voted more for Trump *than the country* as a whole; 217 that voted more for Biden than the country https://t.co/kXiC7Yi3pr — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 10, 2022

Followed By

Nate Cohn @Nate_Cohn

That's not necessarily true, but even stipulating that the goal is proportionality: Biden won 52.6% of these seats v. 52.2% of the major party vote. It's pretty proportional https://t.co/u9yjOIaXVw — PolitiTweet.org

@Nate_Cohn Is that *actually* fair though? A 4.4% margin of victory by votes should result in a 4.4% margin of vict… https://t.co/8RlDZSGQGZ

Posted March 10, 2022