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Mon Sep 09 19:29:40 +0000 2019

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Dave Wasserman @Redistrict

Fact: even though Clinton won the popular vote by 2.1% in 2016, 52.5% of all U.S. voters cast ballots in precincts that voted for Trump - which helps explain why it's easier for Rs to draw effective gerrymanders than Ds. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 9, 2019 Hibernated

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Dave Wasserman @Redistrict

It's also the present. And it's in large part the result of the heightened geographic concentration of the Dem vote vs. past eras (i.e. Whitmer '18 doubling Granholm's '02 margin but winning 37% fewer counties), which has supercharged the effectiveness of GOP gerrymanders. — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew EEEEK!-lesias @mattyglesias

This Michigan saga where a Democrat zeros-in on a popular platform, wins the election, and then is unable to delive… https://t.co/QqVszYZFHu

Posted Sept. 9, 2019 Hibernated

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Dave Wasserman @Redistrict

This disparity is even more extreme in states like Michigan, where Trump won by 0.2% in 2016 but 61.0% of all voters cast ballots in precincts that voted for Trump. It's just a huge problem for Ds when it comes to winning legislative power. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 9, 2019 Hibernated

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