[KB] Footnote: Re: Missing Mathematical "Recalcitrance" + Representative Anecdote

[wessr at onid.orst.edu]

Maybe another sentence is needed for clarity: districts extend beyond  
the city to dilute democratic votes in the city and thereby make  
districts republican. Bob

Quoting wessr at onid.orst.edu:

> One example of the gerrymandering Ed calls to our attention (see  
> below) might serve as a "representative anecdote" for the lot.
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> I learned about this, by the way, on Stewart's Daily Show, which I  
> watch not just for the comedy but for real news. That show, I  
> believe, gives you more real news per minute than the news networks,  
> which fill so much of their time with talking heads.
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> The example: In Texas, Austin is democratic territory. It is now  
> chopped up into six pieces, each in a different congressional  
> district. The result: Austin is represented in the House by five  
> Republicans and one Democrat.
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> No doubt this is an extreme example. Does that make it less  
> "representative" of today's gerrymandering? Or more? More  
> representative because it amounts to an entelechial perfecting of  
> gerrymandering? What is Burke's criterion of "representativeness"?
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> Bob
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> Quoting Edward C Appel <edwardcappel at frontier.com>:
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>> Burkophiles,
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>> We've all been hearing---EVERYWHERE, on Fox, CNN, MSNBC, the  
>> broadcast news programs, mewspapers, etc.--about the 'shellacking'  
>> the Democrats suffered in the Congressional elections earlier this  
>> month.  Some "recalcitrant" numbers are in order:
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>> In Michigan, 2014, Democrats won 50.9 percent of the House votes.   
>> Republicans "won" 64.3 percent of the House seats, 9 to 5.
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>> In Michigan, 2012, Democrats won 52.7 percent of the House votes.   
>> Republiocans "won" 64.3 percent of the House seats, 9 to 5.
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>> In Pennsylvania, 2014, Republicans won 55.7 percent of the House  
>> votes.  Republicans "won" 72 percent of the House seats, 13 to 5.
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>> In Pennsylvania, 2012, Democrats won 50.8 percent of the House  
>> votes.  Republicans "won" 72 percent of the House seats, 13 to 5.
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>> In Ohio, 2014, Republicans won 60.3 percent of the House votes.   
>> Republicans "won" 75 percent of the House seats, 12 TO 4.
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>> In Ohio, 2012, Republicans won 52.4 percent of the House votes.   
>> Republicans "won" 75 percent of the House seats, 12 TO 4.
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>> The total number of votes for the House of Representatives is not  
>> in yet for 2014, I do not believe.  But in 2012, although  
>> Republicans overwhelmingly "won" the House in terms of seats  
>> occupied, Democrats won the actual total vote nationwide by about  
>> 1.4 million.
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>> The U.S. House of Represntatives is grossly gerrymandered for  
>> Republican "victories" no matter what the vote.  The Senate of the  
>> United States is grossly gerrymandered in favor of conservatives by  
>> the Constitution.  Most of the small states are red.  Voters in  
>> Wyoming, for instance, have 66 times the power of voters in  
>> California, when picking a Senator.
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>> See TalkingPointsMemo.com, November 7. 2014, for the raw numbers.
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>> The unfairness of it all is an outrage.  Even more outrageous is  
>> the failure of the U.S. media to report the mathematical facts of  
>> the past election to the USAmerican people.
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>> Ed
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