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illegaloperation
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« on: November 02, 2013, 07:45:01 PM »
I. A lot of governorship elections take place in off-year. The last time was 2010 when Democrats got wiped out.

II. Republicans took control of a lot of state legislatures in 2010 right before redistricting, so they were able to draw maps that give them a majority of the seats in the legislatures even if they lost the popular vote in 2012.
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« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2013, 07:57:45 PM »
Quote from: ○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└ on November 02, 2013, 07:54:21 PM
As bad as that 63 seat loss in the House in 2010 was, it was't as bad as the epic disaster at the state level, leading to insane pro-Republican gerrymandering for the next decade.

Or possibly worse in the case if North Carolina.
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