Tuesday November 8, 2022 is Election Day in the United States of America. In addition to Congressional "midterms" at the federal level, many state governors and other more local offices are up for grabs. Given how things shook out over Election Day 2020, things could get a little crazy.
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Interesting, but can we ascribe this all to gerrymandering?
The capped size of the House means a rep from Rhode Island represents half as many people as one from Montana. It's not as obviously politics-aligned as the Senate, but could still have some distortion of the popular vote ratio. Likewise, the floor of one seat per state constitutes a small Republican bias due to the redness of more rural states. I think there might also be room for a shifting bias due to purple states--whichever way they fall decides how these distortions are aligned.
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