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How Gerrymandering Affects Representation in Congress
Quick fact
In the 2012 U.S. House elections, Democrats won about 1.4 million more votes nationally than Republicans, yet Republicans won a 33-seat majority in the House—a gap largely attributed to gerrymandering.
Why this is interesting
Imagine you could draw the map of your neighborhood so that you always win the block party vote. In America, each decade, the people in power get to redraw the congressional map to do exactly that.