More Gerrymandering
Another good argument for proportional representation:
"Democrats tend to group together in fairly contiguous, densely populated urban areas. Drawing a map that is so focused on contiguous geographic boundaries could result in a map not entirely unlike Pennsylvania's, where two 80-90% Democratic districts are surrounded by a sea of districts that are 50-55% Republicans. This has allowed a state that is lean-Democratic in both voter registration and Presidential voting tendencies to send a 12-7 Republican delegation to Washington for two consecutive cycles. Democrats might even receive more total votes for Congress, but Republicans end up with more congressmen."
Just look at the red-blue county map. Republicans like to brag about how red it is, but the blue is geographically small and really REALLY dark blue.
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