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Originally Posted by nfotiu
Is gerrymandering even a factor anymore in federal politics? The house has gone Democrat the last 2 elections, and doesn't look like it is in danger any time soon.
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For the House gerrymandering is very much a problem, its pretty much the only reason the Reps have a chance at the house.
The Senate, is basically institutional gerrymandering.
And the Electoral College is skewed because of the gerrymander that is the Senate. (every state basically gets 1 EV for every Congressperson and 1EV for every Senator, so Cali with 25x the population of Wy only gets 18x the Elector Votes) way less skewed than the Senate, but still skewed. The Solution to this is probably that there are not nearly enough congress people. The US has about 1.3x more Congresspeople compared to Canadas MPs and 9.5x the population. Without expanding congress the electoral College Skew will only get worse.