[EL] 2012 first time since 1952 when US House popular vote majority ends up as minority

[Richard Winger]

That is yet another reason to disfavor the California-Washington state versions of top-two.  It makes impossible for many voters to express themselves in the election itself (the November event).

The current Louisiana top-two system doesn't have that drawback.  Louisiana doesn't vote at all for Congress until November, so at least every voter generally has someone to vote for in November in Louisiana.

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--- On Mon, 11/12/12, Derek Muller <derek.muller at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Derek Muller <derek.muller at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [EL] 2012 first time since 1952 when US House popular vote majority ends up as minority
To: "Smith, Brad" <BSmith at law.capital.edu>
Cc: "law-election at uci.edu" <law-election at uci.edu>
Date: Monday, November 12, 2012, 2:04 PM

How might the California top-two system affect this analysis, if at all? That is, there were (I believe) six California races in which there were two Democratic candidates on the ballot, and just two in which there were two Republican candidates on the ballot. (There were also a few races in which an independent ran alongside a major party candidate.) It strikes me that this would distort the historical comparative value of the popular vote for the parties.




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Derek



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On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 12:08 PM, Smith, Brad <BSmith at law.capital.edu> wrote:



Must have National Popular Vote!





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From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu [law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] on behalf of Michael McDonald [mmcdon at gmu.edu]




Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 3:03 PM

To: law-election at uci.edu

Subject: Re: [EL] 2012 first time since 1952 when US House popular vote majority        ends up as minority



Clearly, friends should not let friends type and talk on the phone:



Here is the correct 1996 link:



http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1996election.pdf



Sorry for the clutter.



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-----Original Message-----

From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu

[mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Michael

McDonald

Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 2:42 PM

To: law-election at uci.edu

Subject: Re: [EL] 2012 first time since 1952 when US House popular vote

majority ends up as minority



Of course, that was 2006 that I sent out. Only a decade off!



Here is the 1996 numbers (p.83 of the pdf)



http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2006election.pdf



Democrats received 43.4 million to the Republicans' 43.1 million.



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From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu

[mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Richard

Winger

Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 2:26 PM

To: law-election at uci.edu

Subject: [EL] 2012 first time since 1952 when US House popular vote majority

ends up as minority



http://www.ballot-access.org/2012/11/12/only-four-u-s-house-elections-in-the



-last-hundred-years-gave-one-party-a-house-majority-even-though-the-other-ma

jor-party-polled-more-votes-for-u-s-house/



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