Um. The NY Times Shift Map (which I provided and you are using here) " turned to the right" meant a change in the PRESIDENTIAL vote from the 2008 election. Romney lost the election. The House is in Republican hands mostly because of redistricting in 2010, drawn by mostly Republican state legislatures, or I should say Gerrymandered significantly:
Here is Pennsylvania, a typically purple state, except when you look at the Congressional districts drawn up by Republicans. O REALLY?
IF the district maps from 2008 were used, the House would have been easily been back in Democratic control.
Democratic senators INCREASED, Republicans lost any chance of taking the Senate. Republican majorities in several state houses decreased SIGNIFICANTLY. And several state legislatures now have Democratic super-majorities.
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Date: 9/11/12 17:02 (UTC)Here is Pennsylvania, a typically purple state, except when you look at the Congressional districts drawn up by Republicans. O REALLY?
IF the district maps from 2008 were used, the House would have been easily been back in Democratic control.
Democratic senators INCREASED, Republicans lost any chance of taking the Senate. Republican majorities in several state houses decreased SIGNIFICANTLY. And several state legislatures now have Democratic super-majorities.