Riddle me this: Obama won a national-scale election, Democrats won seats in the Senate, but Republicans retained the House of Representatives, even though Democratic House candidates received more votes overall.
It seems apparent enough to me. Republicans won control of an inordinate number of state legislatures in a redistricting year, and they have capitalized on that.
To be fair, this is not a partisan behavior. Democrats, after all, kept the House during Reagan’s presidency. But it still stinks — and it’s so obvious!
Some states, like California, appoint a nonpartisan committee to redistrict. Consequently, one of the most liberal states still has a plucky Republican delegation (including the majority whip and the popular chairman of the Ethics Committee).
That’s the better way. That’s the fair way.
Adam Aton 