muon2
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« on: April 30, 2004, 08:33:16 PM » |
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The change by using CD's is due to the urban concentration of Democrats. Inner city districts easily top 80% for the Democrats, which is rare for the Republicans.There are more overwhelmingly Democrat CD's in the big cities, and this tips the balance of the nation to the Republicans.
With the city CD's pulling Democrats there are more total CD's with a modest Republican edge. Furthermore, rural Republican CD's dominate the smaller states adding to the Republican advantage in the at large EV's. When the states go winner takes all, the urban CD's swing the rural parts of their state to that state's EV winner. This cancels the Republican advantage in CD's to some extent.
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