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Now That's What I Call Gerrymandering! | Mother Jones

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2012-11-15T03:58:23.000Z
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Americans didn't intend to elect a Republican majority to the House of Representatives. Thanks to GOP-engineered redistricting, they did.

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Congressional redistricting | How to rig an election | Economist.com

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2006-08-24T16:44:40.000Z
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"In a normal democracy, voters choose their representatives. In America, it is rapidly becoming the other way around"

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