(Source: The Examiner, November 11, 2012)
In 2012, the GOP lost the popular vote 50.3% to 49.7% across all congressional elections and still managed to maintain control of the house. According to the original report, the “discrepancy between popular votes and seat counts is the largest since 1950.”
The Democratic loss was a result of voting districts being manipulated by political interests. This is a process called “gerrymandering.” The U.S. Census is conducted every decade, and the data collected is the primary information used to redraw the area of voting districts. 2010 was the time of the last census, of which many decried gerrymandering efforts nationally. These election results, it appears, were the fruits of that labor.
Full story: The Examiner