I recall that after the 2012 election, it was widely reported that Democrats had won the overall “national” vote for the House of Representatives, but had lost badly in terms of number of seats.
I have been unable to find similar numbers for the recent midterm elections (because the idea of a “national” vote for the House is not how these things are usually counted, but I thought it was an interesting measure of the “fairness” of the distribution of districts). Has anyone else seen a totalling of House votes across the country for each party this time around? Chris ….. Christopher D Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo ………………………………... On Nov 7, 2014, at 8:12 AM, Michael Britt <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > The elections are (thankfully) over and the republicans have scored an > overwhelming victory. So suppose that over the past few months you received > lots of emails from the democratic party asking you to donate to the party to > help it win. And suppose you actually did donate, let’s say, more than a few > times. I’m not saying that this was me, but I am a social psychologist after > all so I’ll let you draw your own opinions… > > So what does the democratic party tell their supporters after the election in > order not to lose them as future supporters? Why, you tell them that they > actually did NOT lose. For example, you might email your supporters and > emphasize all those places where democrats did win. > > You might, for example, say these sorts of things: > > “..you made a real difference in this campaign. You should take a look at > what you made possible.” > “We registered more voters, and made more phone calls, and knocked on more > doors than ever before.” > “We’re so glad you gave us the chance to execute that voter registration > program -- it made all the difference.” > “We defeated Rep. Terry by 4,132 votes….Because of the work you made > possible…" > “You broke every grassroots fundraising record we have -- and then some.” > > To be fair, they also said, “So we’ll just come out and say it: last night > was rough.” > > If I was the one writing those emails I suppose I’d use the same approach. > Interesting though. > > Michael > > Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. > [email protected] > http://www.ThePsychFiles.com > Twitter: @mbritt > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92&n=T&l=tips&o=39900 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-39900-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=39906 or send a blank email to leave-39906-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
