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Here is roll call, complete with a map: http://politics.nytimes.com/congress/votes/113/house/1/412 http://politics.nytimes.com/congress/votes/113/house/1/412
by clarkm 13y ago
Here is roll call, complete with a map:
http://politics.nytimes.com/congress/votes/113/house/1/412 http://politics.nytimes.com/congress/votes/113/house/1/412
The vote wasn't partisan, nor did it break along geographic lines.
- ISL 13y agoFurthermore, some urban districts are invisible at that scale.
- rgbrenner 13y agoYou can zoom in by double clicking on the map
- newman314 13y agoInterestingly, if all the "did not votes" voted for the measure, it would have been a tie.
- tsotha 13y agoUsually the way vote counting works is the leadership figures out whether it's going to win or lose, and then members in swing districts to vote the other way. It doesn't change the outcome, but it does give them political cover. If all the representatives had voted the way they wanted it to turn out, the result would probably have been much more lopsided. It's theater, basically.
- lettergram 13y agoWell I know my representative didn't vote the way I wanted (and I sent him an email)... looks like someone will lose their vote! Not to mention i'll convince others.