“Its elections no longer convert the popular will into control of government” …. “a red vote is worth more than a blue one.”
The most sobering passage in the article: “Republicans hold both the houses of Congress and the White
“Its elections no longer convert the popular will into control of government” …. “a red vote is worth more than a blue one.”
The most sobering passage in the article: “Republicans hold both the houses of Congress and the White House. But in the three elections in 2012-16 their candidates got just 46% of the two-party vote for the Senate, and they won the presidential vote in 2016 with 49%. Our voting model predicts that, for Democrats to have a better than 50% chance of winning control of the House in November’s mid-term elections, they will need to win the popular vote by around seven percentage points. To put that another way, we think the Republicans have a 0.01% chance of winning the popular vote for the House. But we estimate their chance of securing a majority of congressmen is about a third.”
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