For those of you who like to delve into the depressing detail of the 2012 election results caused by the extreme gerrymandering of swing states by the GOP after 2010, here is a detailed write up done by the OH LWV.
"In 2011, the Ohio General Assembly redrew district boundary lines for Ohio’s U.S. Congressional districts, and the Ohio Apportionment Board redrew district boundary lines for Ohio’s state General Assembly districts.
There were three major criticisms of the final maps:
Each district was drawn to favor either the majority Republican Party or the minority Democratic Party, and the makeup of the new districts essentially determined the outcome of the election.
Another criticism was that the districts had been drawn to disproportionately favor the political party controlling the redistricting process.
A third criticism was that districts were not compact and instead twisted over a wide geographic area."
I still cannot believe this blatant election rigging is legal.
Key metrics:
US House REPUBLICANS DEMOCRATS
# of Votes 2,620,206 2,412,385
% of Votes 51% 49%
# of Seats 12 4
% of Seats 75% 25%
OH House REPUBLICANS DEMOCRATS
# of Votes 2,430,155 2,530,129
% of Votes 48.99% 51.01%
# of seats 60 39
% of Seats 60.60% 39.39%
OH Senate REPUBLICANS DEMOCRATS
# of Votes 1,759,247 819,240
% of Votes 68.27% 31.83%
# of seats 15 3
% of Seats 83% 17%
The Senate totals are more lopsided because several candidates ran unopposed.
There is much more detail in the report.
http://www.lwvohio.org/...(1).pdf
The League of Women Voters in engaged in many efforts to protect voters and insure fair elections. They could use our support.