Stunning new stat out of Ohio:
We already knew that Republicans got 12 of OH's 16 US House seats despite winning only 52% of total congressional vote.
But get this: Republicans also managed to hold supermajorities in the Ohio legislature despite LOSING the total state leg vote.
We already knew that Republicans got 12 of OH's 16 US House seats despite winning only 52% of total congressional vote.
But get this: Republicans also managed to hold supermajorities in the Ohio legislature despite LOSING the total state leg vote.
Source: cleveland.com/expo/news/erry…
Seriously, whichever computer program was used by Republicans to gerrymander Ohio back in 2011 deserves a raise, or at least a sheet cake or pat on the head. That's just astonishingly precise work, to hold big majorities even amidst minority of total vote.
Two bills that said Ohio House passed today in a lame-duck session: stand your ground gun law (with enough votes to override veto): and "heartbeat" bill that would give the state one of the strictest abortion limits in the country: cincinnati.com/story/news/pol…
I expanded on the plight of the gerrymandered Ohio Democrats in this new piece for @nytimes and @ProPublica: nytimes.com/2018/11/16/opi…
