https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/02/15/it-wasnt-just-redistricting-that-gave-republicans-their-house-majority/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 04:22:05 -0400<![CDATA[I estimated which of their 50 states had more votes cast for Barack Obama and which had more votes cast for Mitt Romney. My count is Romney 29, Obama 21. So their plan would have produced a Romney presidency. Now obviously the campaign would have been conducted differently if the Electoral College worked that way. But my point remains solid: in an election in which Obvama won the popular vote 51%-47%, a politically neutral division of the nation into 50 equal-population states would have given Romney 58% of the electoral votes and Obama 42%. Equal-population districts work against the Obama Democratic coalition.]]>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:40:22 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/02/15/it-wasnt-just-redistricting-that-gave-republicans-their-house-majority-n100164