Republicans Have Won The Senate Half The Time Since 2000 Despite Winning Fewer Votes Than Democrats

[skews13]

● Senate: The Electoral College and congressional gerrymandering have gotten lots of attention in recent years for their anti-democratic tendency to allow one of our two major parties to win power even when the other party wins more votes. But new data from Stephen Wolf shows that this problem of minority rule has, over the last three decades, grown deeply entrenched in the U.S. Senate as well.

• Senate Republicans last won more votes than Democrats in 1998 but have won the chamber half the time since 2000 anyway. The results are similar when looking at how many people each party represents: Republicans last represented more Americans than Democrats in 1996 but still won the Senate in seven of the next 13 elections. And it could get even worse after 2024.
• Minority rule in the Senate has led to minority rule in the Supreme Court—with profound consequences. Five of the six conservative justices on the court were confirmed by senates where the GOP majority was elected with fewer votes than Democrats. These justices have restricted abortion rights, shredded voting rights, and preserved Republican gerrymanders, with no end in sight.
• Statehood for Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico could help mitigate the problem. It's also the right thing to do. But Democratic efforts to make D.C. a state failed in 2021 when Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema refused to curtail the filibuster. The issue isn't going away, though, especially if Sinema gets replaced by a pro-reform Democrat.

Republicans have won the Senate half the time since 2000 despite winning fewer votes than Democrats

Even though Democrats retained the Senate—and expanded their majority—in 2022, the results nonetheless marked the continuation of an unwelcome trend: Our new data shows that Senate Republicans last won more votes or represented more Americans than...

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Republicans: NOT supported by a majority of the American people.

 

[Zincwarrior]

Yes, this represents the national demographics. Humans are concentrated on the coasts. Low population states are concentrated internally.

 

[JoeMoma]

Yep, that's how the senate works since each state gets two senators regardless of population. And considering the woke-ness coming from high population states like California, I consider it a good thing.

 

[1srelluc]

OP is skeered due to all the seats the dems are going to have to defend....Rest easy OP, I'm sure the gop will find a way to fuck it up.....Maybe talk about banning abortion nationwide again.

 

[Independent thinker]

● Senate: The Electoral College and congressional gerrymandering have gotten lots of attention in recent years for their anti-democratic tendency to allow one of our two major parties to win power even when the other party wins more votes. But new data from Stephen Wolf shows that this problem of minority rule has, over the last three decades, grown deeply entrenched in the U.S. Senate as well.

• Senate Republicans last won more votes than Democrats in 1998 but have won the chamber half the time since 2000 anyway. The results are similar when looking at how many people each party represents: Republicans last represented more Americans than Democrats in 1996 but still won the Senate in seven of the next 13 elections. And it could get even worse after 2024.
• Minority rule in the Senate has led to minority rule in the Supreme Court—with profound consequences. Five of the six conservative justices on the court were confirmed by senates where the GOP majority was elected with fewer votes than Democrats. These justices have restricted abortion rights, shredded voting rights, and preserved Republican gerrymanders, with no end in sight.
• Statehood for Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico could help mitigate the problem. It's also the right thing to do. But Democratic efforts to make D.C. a state failed in 2021 when Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema refused to curtail the filibuster. The issue isn't going away, though, especially if Sinema gets replaced by a pro-reform Democrat.

Republicans have won the Senate half the time since 2000 despite winning fewer votes than Democrats

Even though Democrats retained the Senate—and expanded their majority—in 2022, the results nonetheless marked the continuation of an unwelcome trend: Our new data shows that Senate Republicans last won more votes or represented more Americans than...

www.dailykos.com

Republicans: NOT supported by a majority of the American people.

What a crock of shit. Senators are voted in by popular vote, not electoral votes. Do we have 50 states and two senators from each state or not? You'll also have to explain to me how you gerrymander Senate seats.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

How many times do we have to see this retarded thread topic. Mother fucker go learn how the senate works. You’re on a politics site at least learn how our government works. Holy fuck.

 

[JoeMoma]

What a crock of shit. Senators are voted in by popular vote, not electoral votes. Do we have 50 states and two senators from each state or not? You'll also have to explain to me how you gerrymander Senate seats.

California has two senators to represent a population of 39 million people while Alaska has two senators to represent a population of 0.7 million. So it's not equal representation by population. Of course that's on purpose and in my opinion a good thing.

 

[Billiejeens]

● Senate: The Electoral College and congressional gerrymandering have gotten lots of attention in recent years for their anti-democratic tendency to allow one of our two major parties to win power even when the other party wins more votes. But new data from Stephen Wolf shows that this problem of minority rule has, over the last three decades, grown deeply entrenched in the U.S. Senate as well.

• Senate Republicans last won more votes than Democrats in 1998 but have won the chamber half the time since 2000 anyway. The results are similar when looking at how many people each party represents: Republicans last represented more Americans than Democrats in 1996 but still won the Senate in seven of the next 13 elections. And it could get even worse after 2024.
• Minority rule in the Senate has led to minority rule in the Supreme Court—with profound consequences. Five of the six conservative justices on the court were confirmed by senates where the GOP majority was elected with fewer votes than Democrats. These justices have restricted abortion rights, shredded voting rights, and preserved Republican gerrymanders, with no end in sight.
• Statehood for Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico could help mitigate the problem. It's also the right thing to do. But Democratic efforts to make D.C. a state failed in 2021 when Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema refused to curtail the filibuster. The issue isn't going away, though, especially if Sinema gets replaced by a pro-reform Democrat.

Republicans have won the Senate half the time since 2000 despite winning fewer votes than Democrats

Even though Democrats retained the Senate—and expanded their majority—in 2022, the results nonetheless marked the continuation of an unwelcome trend: Our new data shows that Senate Republicans last won more votes or represented more Americans than...

www.dailykos.com

Republicans: NOT supported by a majority of the American people.

It's DailyKoz, so no shock, but it does show a complete lack of understanding of how The US Government is set up, and the checks and balances that are in it.

 

[Polishprince]

Apparently the OP didn't pay attention to civics class when they were in school.

The House and Senate were a compromise. Smaller less populated states didn't want to be steamrollered by large populous states, and hence the 2 houses of Congress.

The Constitution doesn't pass without the states getting equal representation in the Senate.

 

[jbrownson0831]

● Senate: The Electoral College and congressional gerrymandering have gotten lots of attention in recent years for their anti-democratic tendency to allow one of our two major parties to win power even when the other party wins more votes. But new data from Stephen Wolf shows that this problem of minority rule has, over the last three decades, grown deeply entrenched in the U.S. Senate as well.

• Senate Republicans last won more votes than Democrats in 1998 but have won the chamber half the time since 2000 anyway. The results are similar when looking at how many people each party represents: Republicans last represented more Americans than Democrats in 1996 but still won the Senate in seven of the next 13 elections. And it could get even worse after 2024.
• Minority rule in the Senate has led to minority rule in the Supreme Court—with profound consequences. Five of the six conservative justices on the court were confirmed by senates where the GOP majority was elected with fewer votes than Democrats. These justices have restricted abortion rights, shredded voting rights, and preserved Republican gerrymanders, with no end in sight.
• Statehood for Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico could help mitigate the problem. It's also the right thing to do. But Democratic efforts to make D.C. a state failed in 2021 when Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema refused to curtail the filibuster. The issue isn't going away, though, especially if Sinema gets replaced by a pro-reform Democrat.

Republicans have won the Senate half the time since 2000 despite winning fewer votes than Democrats

Even though Democrats retained the Senate—and expanded their majority—in 2022, the results nonetheless marked the continuation of an unwelcome trend: Our new data shows that Senate Republicans last won more votes or represented more Americans than...

www.dailykos.com

Republicans: NOT supported by a majority of the American people.

But with your newly discovered ballot harvesting, you can offset the difference so stop whining skewey.

 

[martybegan]

California has two senators to represent a population of 39 million people while Alaska has two senators to represent a population of 0.7 million. So it's not equal representation by population. Of course that's on purpose and in my opinion a good thing.

And it used to be allowed in the States to prevent cities from overwhelming the rural areas until the SC wrongly applied the 14th amendment to eliminate this fail safe.

 

[1srelluc]

Apparently the OP didn't pay attention to civics class when they were in school.

The House and Senate were a compromise. Smaller less populated states didn't want to be steamrollered by large populous states, and hence the 2 houses of Congress.

The Constitution doesn't pass without the states getting equal representation in the Senate.

The article is a bit dated so things are most likely worse now.

Civic knowledge and public engagement are at an all-time low. A 2016 survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center found that only 26 percent of Americans can name all three branches of government....

A Look at Civics Education in the United States

 

[JustAGuy1]

● Senate: The Electoral College and congressional gerrymandering have gotten lots of attention in recent years for their anti-democratic tendency to allow one of our two major parties to win power even when the other party wins more votes. But new data from Stephen Wolf shows that this problem of minority rule has, over the last three decades, grown deeply entrenched in the U.S. Senate as well.

• Senate Republicans last won more votes than Democrats in 1998 but have won the chamber half the time since 2000 anyway. The results are similar when looking at how many people each party represents: Republicans last represented more Americans than Democrats in 1996 but still won the Senate in seven of the next 13 elections. And it could get even worse after 2024.
• Minority rule in the Senate has led to minority rule in the Supreme Court—with profound consequences. Five of the six conservative justices on the court were confirmed by senates where the GOP majority was elected with fewer votes than Democrats. These justices have restricted abortion rights, shredded voting rights, and preserved Republican gerrymanders, with no end in sight.
• Statehood for Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico could help mitigate the problem. It's also the right thing to do. But Democratic efforts to make D.C. a state failed in 2021 when Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema refused to curtail the filibuster. The issue isn't going away, though, especially if Sinema gets replaced by a pro-reform Democrat.

Republicans have won the Senate half the time since 2000 despite winning fewer votes than Democrats

Even though Democrats retained the Senate—and expanded their majority—in 2022, the results nonetheless marked the continuation of an unwelcome trend: Our new data shows that Senate Republicans last won more votes or represented more Americans than...

www.dailykos.com

Republicans: NOT supported by a majority of the American people.

I am betting you like participation Trophy's too. Get over it.

 

[Independent thinker]

California has two senators to represent a population of 39 million people while Alaska has two senators to represent a population of 0.7 million. So it's not equal representation by population. Of course that's on purpose and in my opinion a good thing.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh. Now I understand what you're saying. You're saying that you are an election denier. You are spreading the big lie.

 

[JoeMoma]

I am betting you like participation Trophy's too. Get over it.

I am in favor of participation Trophies...... for 4 year olds.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

● Senate: The Electoral College and congressional gerrymandering have gotten lots of attention in recent years for their anti-democratic tendency to allow one of our two major parties to win power even when the other party wins more votes. But new data from Stephen Wolf shows that this problem of minority rule has, over the last three decades, grown deeply entrenched in the U.S. Senate as well.

• Senate Republicans last won more votes than Democrats in 1998 but have won the chamber half the time since 2000 anyway. The results are similar when looking at how many people each party represents: Republicans last represented more Americans than Democrats in 1996 but still won the Senate in seven of the next 13 elections. And it could get even worse after 2024.
• Minority rule in the Senate has led to minority rule in the Supreme Court—with profound consequences. Five of the six conservative justices on the court were confirmed by senates where the GOP majority was elected with fewer votes than Democrats. These justices have restricted abortion rights, shredded voting rights, and preserved Republican gerrymanders, with no end in sight.
• Statehood for Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico could help mitigate the problem. It's also the right thing to do. But Democratic efforts to make D.C. a state failed in 2021 when Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema refused to curtail the filibuster. The issue isn't going away, though, especially if Sinema gets replaced by a pro-reform Democrat.

Republicans have won the Senate half the time since 2000 despite winning fewer votes than Democrats

Even though Democrats retained the Senate—and expanded their majority—in 2022, the results nonetheless marked the continuation of an unwelcome trend: Our new data shows that Senate Republicans last won more votes or represented more Americans than...

www.dailykos.com

Republicans: NOT supported by a majority of the American people.

That's a feature, not a bug.

 

[Independent thinker]

How many times do we have to see this retarded thread topic. Mother fucker go learn how the senate works. You’re on a politics site at least learn how our government works. Holy fuck.

He is an election denier.

 

[JoeMoma]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh. Now I understand what you're saying. You're saying that you are an election denier. You are spreading the big lie.

No, that's what you as saying that I am. Nothing I said is a lie.

 

[Independent thinker]

I am betting you like participation Trophy's too. Get over it.

LOL. Exactly! This person believes in being inclusive and that every child and adult should get a trophy for something so he wants a sticker for participation in putting his two cents in, even though he failed Civics miserably.

 

[Independent thinker]

No, that's what you as saying that I am. Nothing I said is a lie.

You are an election denier. You don't believe in the results of elections.