Re:Economists versus the Economy
by webmaven on Friday December 30, 2016 @03:22AM
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> lots of big States with diverging political views.
The thing is, political views don't diverge quite as much as it is being made to seem. Gerrymandering scrambles the signal[0] quite a bit and the Electoral College then magnifies[1] the apparent differences.
The thing is, political views don't diverge quite as much as it is being made to seem. Gerrymandering scrambles the signal[0] quite a bit and the Electoral College then magnifies[1] the apparent differences.
[0] http://theweek.com/speedreads/541955/howgerrymandering-works...
[1] http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/2016/