Posted on 06/27/2017 1:43:35 PM PDT by george76
Colorado Republicans cried foul when, after the last U.S. Census in 2010, the state Supreme Court approved a Democratic-drawn map reapportioning the state's 65 House seats.
GOP leaders, including then-party chair Ryan Call, argued the new map packed Republican legislators into individual districts, diminishing their clout, especially in the metropolitan Denver area.
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"Democrats are absolutely benefiting from the current maps, and there's no question they won't continue if the process doesn't change," Call said. "Republicans have not shown themselves to be good at legal challenges. Hats off to the Democratic litigators."
Colorado was one of just eight U.S. states with a Democratic advantage in its lower house districts in the 2016 election
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In Colorado, Democrats won 57 percent of state House seats in November even though Republicans won 50.4 percent of the statewide vote. Democrats won 37 of 65 House seats, theoretically five more than would be expected based on their statewide vote share.
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Colorado's Republican congressional candidates won 51 percent of the statewide vote in November to maintain their 4-3 margin. .
(Excerpt) Read more at postindependent.com ...
“We need to have virtues, but we need to stop letting them be used against us.”
Hear, hear.
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