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Democrats sweep last undecided House races (Original Post) UCmeNdc Nov 2012 OP
great news Dem 201 to 234 for GOP underthematrix Nov 2012 #1
Excellent news! It would have been more had districts not been BlueCaliDem Nov 2012 #2
Now if we can only find 18 Republicans to caucus with us on a lot of issues. nt Comrade_McKenzie Nov 2012 #3
only 24 districts were ticket splitters kennetha Nov 2012 #4
That is a very hard thing to do. The GOP marches in lockstep. AlinPA Nov 2012 #8
they were only "undecided" because repugs have a hard tine excepting Heather MC Nov 2012 #5
+1000 nt ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #6
Dems won the popular vote total in the U.S. House too!!! = MANDATE Coyotl Nov 2012 #7
excellent job. let's go dems!!! Filibuster Harry Nov 2012 #9

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
2. Excellent news! It would have been more had districts not been
Tue Nov 20, 2012, 04:03 AM
Nov 2012

gerrymandered to favor the GOP. Ugh! I'm still angry about the 2010 midterms that made this possible.

kennetha

(3,666 posts)
4. only 24 districts were ticket splitters
Tue Nov 20, 2012, 08:22 AM
Nov 2012

Don't know what the distribution of ticket splitters is though. In the old Congress, there were 45 ticket splitting districts.

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