Study: Republican Gerrymandering Cost Democrats 1.7 Million Votes In Just 7 States

Study: Republican Gerrymandering Cost Democrats 1.7 Million Votes In Just 7 States:  Republicans so effectively gerrymandered congressional maps before the 2012 election that Democratic House candidates would need to win the national popular vote by over 7 points in order to win back the House. Last November, the American people preferred Democratic House candidates to Republican House candidates by almost 1.4 million votes, [...]/p