Good story of the impact of redistricting on the partisan makeup of the legislative bodies in WI.
I note that Democrats won the "popular vote" for The House of Representatives but that Republicans maintained a forty plus seat advantage.
That holds true for the WI Congressional class. When you add up the votes state wide you get 1398916 for the GOP and 1442491 for the Dems. You might think that vote would split our 8 seats in half, four for each party. You might even think that it'd end up five to three in favor of the Dems. In fact, the GOP hove a 5 to 3 seat advantage. We use districts and those districts are redrawn by those in control every ten years.
I have to wonder who won the popular vote in Wisconsin's Legislature. Unfortunately, the GAB doesn't have the numbers up yet but I'm guessing the popular vote for the bodies doesn't match the elected representatives.
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