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<blockquote data-quote="roadrunner2012" data-source="post: 1266585" data-attributes="member: 40736"><p>[media=wikipedia]United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2012[/media]</p><p></p><p>Although Democratic candidates received a nation-wide <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plurality_%28voting%29" target="_blank">plurality</a> by more than 1.4 million votes (1.2%) in all House elections,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2012#cite_note-Clerk-6" target="_blank">[6]</a> the Republican Party won a 33-seat advantage in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_congressional_apportionment" target="_blank">state-apportioned</a> totals, thus retaining its House majority. This disparity is often attributed to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrymandering" target="_blank">gerrymandering</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_redistricting" target="_blank">congressional redistricting</a> process following the 2010 United States Census,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2012#cite_note-7" target="_blank">[7]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2012#cite_note-8" target="_blank">[8]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2012#cite_note-NYTGerry-9" target="_blank">[9]</a> although such claims are disputed by some election analysts.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2012#cite_note-10" target="_blank">[10]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2012#cite_note-11" target="_blank">[11]</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="roadrunner2012, post: 1266585, member: 40736"] [media=wikipedia]United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2012[/media] Although Democratic candidates received a nation-wide [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plurality_%28voting%29']plurality[/URL] by more than 1.4 million votes (1.2%) in all House elections,[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2012#cite_note-Clerk-6'][6][/URL] the Republican Party won a 33-seat advantage in the [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_congressional_apportionment']state-apportioned[/URL] totals, thus retaining its House majority. This disparity is often attributed to [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrymandering']gerrymandering[/URL] in the [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_redistricting']congressional redistricting[/URL] process following the 2010 United States Census,[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2012#cite_note-7'][7][/URL][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2012#cite_note-8'][8][/URL][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2012#cite_note-NYTGerry-9'][9][/URL] although such claims are disputed by some election analysts.[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2012#cite_note-10'][10][/URL][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2012#cite_note-11'][11][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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