I think the argument mrartzloff is trying to make hinges on the fact that the House of Representatives is controlled by Republicans even though republicans lost

I think the argument mrartzloff is trying to make hinges on the fact that the House of Representatives is controlled by Republicans even though republicans lost the popular vote nation wide. i.e. 1.4 million more people voted for a Democratic representative than a Republican one and yet, Republicans had 33 more seats than Democrats. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2012 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Represen... There are at least 2 possible reasons for this. One which is argued above is that it is because of gerrymandering districts. The second is that in Democratic districts votes were more lopsided where in districts where Republicans won, they won by smaller margins. In either case, more than 50% of Americans voted for a Democrat to be their representative in the house of representatives and yet Democrats do not hold the majority of seats.