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Earning More Seats with Fewer Votes: Why the 1996 House Election Results are Not Necessarily a Good Analogy for 2012
Monkey Cage
(2012)
Abstract
In last month’s election, the Democrats won more popular votes for the House but the Republicans kept the House. Has this kind of disparity happened before? People have been searching backwards, and the 1996 election has emerged as one candidate. Is the case for 1996 good? It is a complicated story. The answer seems to be officially yes, but really no.
Keywords
- Political Science,
- Elections,
- Congress,
- House,
- House Districts
Disciplines
Publication Date
December 6, 2012
Citation Information
David R Mayhew. "Earning More Seats with Fewer Votes: Why the 1996 House Election Results are Not Necessarily a Good Analogy for 2012" Monkey Cage (2012) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/david-mayhew/261/