Monday, August 2, 2010

Barone: A Concentration Problem

Michael Barone crunches the numbers for the The American. He discovers that redistricting and civil rights-driven actions have given the GOP a structural advantage such that they end up winning more seats in the Congress with fewer votes. Much of this is a case of unintended consequences.

This article is for the true politics wonk, it is very much "inside baseball." I suspect many COTTonLINE readers will find it interesting and useful.