Impact of gerrymandering in Ohio

This is amazing stuff that shows how powerful gerrymandering is.

From the Cleveland.com article linked to below:

“… in terms of controlling Ohio’s government, the GOP won 73 of the 116 Statehouse races.
But the Republicans scored their wins for 63 percent of the seats while collecting just over 50 percent of the total vote.
This is a lot like what happened in Ohio’s 16 congressional districts, where Republicans won 75 percent of the seats with just 52 percent of the overall vote.”

Stunning new stat out of Ohio:

We already knew that Republicans got 12 of OH's 16 US House seats despite winning only 52% of total congressional vote.

But get this: Republicans also managed to hold supermajorities in the Ohio legislature despite LOSING the total state leg vote.

— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) November 15, 2018

Source: https://t.co/kVsIqBoRRI

— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) November 15, 2018

update 11/24/18

I don't get why the Media treat Kasich as some sort of savior of democracy because of his opposition to Trump. He oversaw the gerrymandering of Ohio that led to the Ohio Republicans getting 75% of the seats in the midterms with just 52% of the vote.

— Facts Do Matter (@WilDonnelly) November 16, 2018

I daresay the @nanwhaley op-ed is a tad rosy

That Sherrod only beat Renacci by six after massive out-raising him actually illustrates the challenge Dems face in the state: their numbers in S and E OH are eroding, even against nominal opposition. https://t.co/9nvFoTs5UI

— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) November 24, 2018

We haven’t forgotten the 2000 election

I worked on the Bush campaign in 2000 and was chief strategist in 2004. Not counting all the votes in Florida in 2000 was a grave injustice and caused many to question the legitimacy of Bush election. Let us not repeat that injustice in FL and AZ this year. Count all the votes.

— Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) November 9, 2018

This is an old cartoon from the 2000 Bush/Gore election. Had to dig it up because everything old is new again… pic.twitter.com/7bjXXo7mZF

— RonLichtinger (@RonLichtinger) November 15, 2018

Republicans illegally purged 12,000 people from voter rolls in Florida 2000, which made George W. Bush president (in addition to SCOTUS). Then Rick Scott used felon disenfranchisement law to preserve GOP power in state https://t.co/B0osjjO4Ab

— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) November 9, 2018

Florida GOP's history of voter suppression:

Illegally purged 12,000 voters in 2000

7 hour lines in 2012

Shut down voter registration drives

Disenfranchised 1.6 million ex-felons

15k absentee ballots rejected in 2018

We know which party trying to steal election

— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) November 11, 2018

More than 50 lawsuits were filed in the month following the 2000 presidential election. Likewise, in the week since the 2018 midterms, the number has quickly multiplied. https://t.co/giHvJFiEMj

— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) November 15, 2018

History doesn't repeat but it does rhyme. https://t.co/PYNVkaAHO4

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) November 15, 2018

Trump did something right by supporting prison reform

It’s a good start. I commend Trump for doing the right thing.

McConnell is looking for the escape hatch on prison reform, aka punting to next year when it almost certainly won't go through, instead of in lame duck as Trump has pushed for, @npfandos and I report https://t.co/5b4ULpbRqd

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) November 16, 2018

The First Step Act is a bundle of compromises. @justingeorge breaks it all down at @MarshallProj. https://t.co/h5x2jVFzQY

— Marcia Davis (@mddavis01) November 16, 2018

I am grateful to be here today w/ Members of the House & Senate who have poured their time, heart and energy into the crucial issue of Prison Reform. Working together w/ my Admin over the last two years, these members have reached a bipartisan agreement…https://t.co/wflidv2cZr

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 14, 2018

New York Democratic Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, who was the lead Democratic sponsor on the FIRST Step Act, says President Trump announcing his support for the bipartisan prison reform bill is “a positive step in the right direction.” https://t.co/ndcTj1cD3C pic.twitter.com/6jx49BhLUm

— The Situation Room (@CNNSitRoom) November 14, 2018

If the deal passes, it would loosen restrictions on certain federal mandatory minimum sentences and extend a 2010 law that could help federal drug offenders serving disproportionately long sentences. – @NBCNightlyNews https://t.co/99plRp0q4Z

— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 15, 2018

Booker, on his rare alignment with Trump in favor of criminal justice deal: "I don’t give a damn about politics when thousands of people are incarcerated unjustly. … This is about people, this is about justice, this is about righting wrongs." https://t.co/303CXnOE8p

— Elana Schor (@eschor) November 15, 2018

"Van you have done something that you rarely do: you tweeted praise of President Trump." – @PoppyHarlowCNN
"You gotta give credit where credit's due," says @VanJones68.
Jones' praise comes in response to Trump's support for bi-partisan prison reform. https://t.co/g9LhBThJEG pic.twitter.com/GBwCHz1NMQ

— CNN Newsroom (@CNNnewsroom) November 15, 2018

Good analysis via @Eugene_Scott: Van Jones praised Trump on criminal justice reform. Now he’s taking heat from the left. https://t.co/lSslldQZ3L

— John Haltiwanger (@jchaltiwanger) November 15, 2018

Trump made 815 false claims in a month

I think the pace of his lies will continue to be high since Republicans won’t challenge him and Democrats can’t stop him. Republicans should be ashamed of the lack of reaction to his harmful, outrageous lies on voter fraud.

This is cool to me! I wrote in the Post about why I fact-check everything Trump says, what it’s like to do this ridiculous thing, and what I think U.S. media is still doing wrong in handling all the lying: https://t.co/GRPFeJf2ts

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 16, 2018

Trump made more false claims in the two months leading up to the midterms, 1,176, than he did in all of 2017, 1,011. Here is a chart showing just how extreme this period was: pic.twitter.com/q58RDuTJm0

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 15, 2018

Trump made 664 false claims in October. That was more than double his previous record, 320 in August. He has now set new monthly records in June, July, August and October. Here's the month-by-month chart: pic.twitter.com/8HVGBzhfr7

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 15, 2018

Last data point: Trump averaged 26.3 false claims per day in the month leading up to the midterms. In 2017, it was 2.9 per day.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 15, 2018

There is a strong correlation between the number of words Trump speaks and the number of false claims: .73. However, his dishonesty density has increased over time; he's not just talking more, he's lying more per word. Analysis: https://t.co/Vwp8zvyagn https://t.co/W45cCm4cv4

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 15, 2018

The three most dishonest days of Trump's presidency were the three days prior to the midterms. The record: 74 false claims the day before the midterms.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 15, 2018

Trump’s bizarre Daily Caller interview

More lies

Trump returns to his dangerous lying about elections, makes up story about massive voter fraud he says has cost the Republicans victories…and falsely adds that you need a "voter ID" to buy cereal. (The Daily Caller, of course, just printed all of this, because it's horrific.) pic.twitter.com/NB0LcYRhXY

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 14, 2018

"If I didn't do those stops, I think we would've lost 10 Senate seats, seven to 10 Senate seats." — Donald Trump

Republicans only had 9 seats up in 2018.https://t.co/VVUTzngKLU

— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) November 15, 2018

Trump also did his most specific lying about Florida, making up a story about how Broward County has inserted fraudulent ballots into the pool of legit ballots so now you can't tell which is which. The Daily Caller is such trash that it doesn't even hint this might not be true. pic.twitter.com/SCxPAIFlpy

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 14, 2018

Trump's analysis of the election: Trump did great because "I picked up three" Senate seats (it'll be a gain of two max); also, they "almost" beat Jon Tester; also, they "almost" retained the Arizona seat, but something "odd" happened; he didn't have time to help with the House. pic.twitter.com/pA3c3kXulL

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 15, 2018

Trump tells the Daily Caller that the New York Times used to be a mere “leaflet” before his presidency but is now “a vibrant paper” because it writes about him. pic.twitter.com/JUdFEpIeDL

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 15, 2018

New #FactChecker –> Fact-checking President Trump’s wild Daily Caller interview https://t.co/kxTrfeGPQN

— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) November 16, 2018

Facebook’s bad behavior – updated 11/16/18

Great investigation by the New York Times

As Facebook’s disinformation and privacy challenges rose, Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg obscured warnings and tapped Washington lobbyists to deflect criticism, according to interviews with over 50 people https://t.co/m0poTQLAqI

— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 14, 2018

Notice they said it was "unfair," not false https://t.co/dw2aZqpfgG

— Astead (@AsteadWesley) November 15, 2018

update 11/16

Alex Stamos. Facebook's former chief security officer, writes for The Post: "Yes, Facebook made mistakes in 2016. But we weren’t the only ones." https://t.co/vpeiTRzj0B

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 17, 2018

Firm that worked for Facebook tried to plant a story alleging liberal bias at Apple News https://t.co/bgz36a3qm5 pic.twitter.com/llxETZTB7l

— CNN (@CNN) November 16, 2018

This is pretty disturbing. At the same time that Facebook was publicly professing their desire to work with the Intel committee, they were paying a political opposition research firm to privately attempt to undermine the committee’s credibility. https://t.co/XEe4udZgny

— Mark Warner (@MarkWarner) November 16, 2018

Democrat @SenSchumer tried to bully a fellow senator to “back off” from investigating Facebook, where his daughter works, and which gives him more money than any other member of Congress. Why isn’t this a bigger story? asks @mehdirhasan. https://t.co/FzWNKWKAd8

— The Intercept (@theintercept) November 16, 2018

We did a no surprises call with Facebook before the story was published. It’s a basic (good) journalistic practice in which you let a company or person know a story is coming, and give them a chance to respond…. Facebook only fired Definers after the story came out. https://t.co/5pLvIylGCC

— Sheera Frenkel (@sheeraf) November 15, 2018

My letter to @facebook regarding the smear campaign they paid for and disseminated against George Soros & @OpenSociety as reported by @nickconfessore in the @nytimes. These tactics out of Putin’s playbook have no place in an important debate about the integrity of our elections pic.twitter.com/jF9RhC5vSy

— Patrick Gaspard (@patrickgaspard) November 15, 2018

Facebook accuses its critics of anti-semitism while deploying anti-semitism against its critics. Where have I seen this before? pic.twitter.com/WJPowmDICz

— Paul Blumenthal (@PaulBlu) November 15, 2018

The New York Times exposed extraordinary details about Facebook’s inner workings: https://t.co/4MAISooKBx pic.twitter.com/4BcMNrwfIe

— CJR (@CJR) November 15, 2018

Facebook has fired consultants in response to a damning New York Times reporthttps://t.co/4GcJbecSYK

— POLITICO (@politico) November 15, 2018

On Wednesday, @nytimes published a blockbuster—five byline, 50 source, 5,000 word—report on the failures of Facebook’s management team during the past three years. You should read it. These are six follow-up questions we feel merit additional investigation https://t.co/rtJEMMT2Pg

— WIRED (@WIRED) November 15, 2018

Opinion: It’s time to start regulating Facebook https://t.co/6BKCCceUJA

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 15, 2018

Facebook is a normal sleazy company now: https://t.co/2rFsTzPFq9 pic.twitter.com/F6yCFlSXHu

— Slate (@Slate) November 15, 2018

Most upsetting – even Facebook execs stoked anti-Semitic dog whistle to silence critics:
“Facebook employed a Republican opposition-research firm to discredit activist protesters, in part by linking them to the liberal financier George Soros.” https://t.co/maLhHCZcHv

— Amy Siskind (@Amy_Siskind) November 15, 2018

Facebook has fired a conservative public relations firm that was, among other work, digging up dirt on its competitors https://t.co/WmXyteQySp pic.twitter.com/4kccU67AcQ

— CNN (@CNN) November 15, 2018

NYT: Over and over, Facebook made key decisions with huge implications for the country and the world because their public policy exec was afraid the alternative would trigger conservative backlash. (Former Bush official, same guy who sat behind Kavanaugh) https://t.co/XHgJiHq8Bl pic.twitter.com/QsZwltmxcc

— Hamza Shaban (@hshaban) November 15, 2018

Mark Zuckerberg promised Congress he would work to stop the spread of conspiracy theories on Facebook—while his company was doing the opposite. https://t.co/gZOnmXclN7 pic.twitter.com/DbvCUXOlcm

— The New Republic (@newrepublic) November 15, 2018

A reminder that Sheryl Sandberg was widely being floated as Treasury Secretary if Hillary Clinton had won in the month leading up to the election: https://t.co/DCHtYiD2zr

— Mike Konczal (@rortybomb) November 15, 2018

update 11/16/18

“The revelations may be ‘the straw that breaks the camel’s back,’ said Rishad Tobaccowala, chief growth officer for the Publicis Groupe. ‘Now we know Facebook will do whatever it takes to make money. They have absolutely no morals.’” advertisers sound off: https://t.co/L0poeqeKWD

— Sapna Maheshwari (@sapna) November 16, 2018

Democrats represent the growing modern economy

Democrats represent the growing areas but they still do more to look out for poor people than Republicans do.

The American dream is alive and well for some Americans, but largely out of reach for others – and economists are increasingly worried about the effect of geographic disparities for the country as a whole https://t.co/oHuAyKzYhU

— POLITICO (@politico) January 1, 2019

America’s political-ec disconnect continues: A GOP Senate majority oriented to rural and “traditional” industries stands ready to block efforts to bolster the nation’s growing urban and suburban “knowledge” economy.

See piece below & @JohnJHarwood @ThePlumLineGS @RonBrownstein https://t.co/Q53Qd9EaSJ

— Mark Muro (@MarkMuro1) November 26, 2018

Wow. I knew that there was a correlation between growing regional disparities and politics, but this is getting really stark. Dem districts radically more successful than R https://t.co/ReI8ZhlalE

— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) November 15, 2018

“Clinton won far fewer counties than Trump — she cleaned up in the more populous counties. But Clinton counties produced almost two-thirds of the country’s new jobs and nearly three-fourths of its economic growth in recent years.” https://t.co/YHJ41GvEWB

— Brandon (@redrummage) March 7, 2018

The 1/6th of counties Clinton won did account for 2/3 of GDP in 16. Both parties need to compete everywhere but given overlap between acceptance of eco & cultural change, future D gains more likely to come in the metro places ok w/change on both fronts than in those uneasy w/both https://t.co/DeLLJPFtIc

— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) March 13, 2018

The coalition of transformation continues to drive the forward edge of economic innovation. Similar to Clinton counties representing 2/3 of GDP in 2016, though only 1/6 of all US counties. https://t.co/KXiyYTEx9V

— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) November 15, 2018

It’s wrong for media to describe blue metro America as the bubble. Measured by economic output, racial & religious diversity, transition to Information Age, it is more reflective of what 21st century America is becoming than the non-metro places that have drawn so much coverage. https://t.co/7aBn1ofMzL

— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) November 19, 2018

“… the most prosperous 20 percent of U.S. Zip codes account for the entire net increase in employment over that period. Across the remaining 80 percent of the United States, fewer jobs exist now than in 2007.” https://t.co/KV3My7KoHz

— Jenna Johnson (@Jenna_DC) December 6, 2018

Trump’s lies about voter fraud get worse

"The president has sworn to uphold the right to vote … It is an abrogation of this responsibility to make up stories intended to convince citizens of the meaninglessness of their voting rights," writes Bob Bauer: https://t.co/H1tdvFzWoW

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) November 25, 2018

“There’s no evidence of this” is the nicest thing one can say about what sounds like a fever dream https://t.co/wNwmfgBsAS

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 14, 2018

There's no evidence of this. Courts in Florida have also found no evidence of abuse. https://t.co/GFprjnWTM5

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) November 14, 2018

The only quote of interest in this interview is that Trump thinks you need voter id to buy cereal. The rest is just rambling conspiracies about voter fraud.https://t.co/msq30ASH60

— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) November 14, 2018

Trump returns to his dangerous lying about elections, makes up story about massive voter fraud he says has cost the Republicans victories…and falsely adds that you need a "voter ID" to buy cereal. (The Daily Caller, of course, just printed all of this, because it's horrific.) pic.twitter.com/NB0LcYRhXY

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 14, 2018

Trump also did his most specific lying about Florida, making up a story about how Broward County has inserted fraudulent ballots into the pool of legit ballots so now you can't tell which is which. The Daily Caller is such trash that it doesn't even hint this might not be true. pic.twitter.com/SCxPAIFlpy

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 14, 2018

That thumping sound you hear is from election officials' heads hitting their desks https://t.co/3D9pMDbX75 pic.twitter.com/j7ocsOrQAo

— Michael McDonald (@ElectProject) November 14, 2018

"President Trump believes the number one problem we face is voter fraud," @JohnAvlon reports in his #RealityCheck.

"Armed with a complete absence of evidence, it's a point he's hit over and over again … but repeating a lie doesn't make it true."https://t.co/iJe7s0LtcR pic.twitter.com/z9GMLVu6IL

— New Day (@NewDay) November 16, 2018

NRA-supported candidates lost to gun safety candidates

The actual number is $1,253,000, which was the combined total spent supporting Marsha Blackburn and attacking opponent Phil Bredesen during the Tennessee US Senate race. See more here (via @teamtrace): https://t.co/eOikbqYgs3

— Adam Best (@adamcbest) November 8, 2018

Critical factor. The modern suburban Republicans voted in lockstep with the NRA, in contrast with their counterparts in the 1990s, many of whom backed Clinton on gun measures. That caught up with them this year https://t.co/gG5WJ0sRLK

— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) November 9, 2018

You wanna know how the politics of guns has changed?

The #NR8 campaign raised $1 million for 8 swing races where:

(a) incumbent Republican was A rated by NRA
(b) Dem candidate ran strong on anti-gun violence message

With Harder’s win, all 8 of the NR8 candidates won https://t.co/jOgRWBg1OS

— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) November 14, 2018

The NRA—for decades one of the country’s most formidable electoral machines—suffered a major breakdown at the ballot box on Nov. 6. In race after race, Republican candidates w/ NRA grades of A or A+ lost to Democrats who ran hard on gun-safety credentials. https://t.co/nwKWzxxpIY

— Everytown (@Everytown) November 14, 2018

The NRA spent $25 million in 2014—the last midterm election—and nearly double that figure in 2016. But in the 2018 cycle, the group has spent a paltry $4.9 million.

With just 4 weeks til election day, @dnlnss digs into NRA spending: https://t.co/McHqzPznOv pic.twitter.com/CdLIrrHGCU

— The Trace (@teamtrace) October 10, 2018

The NRA doesn’t care about the black security guard in Chicago who was killed

It doesn’t seem that they defend black people who legally use guns. This man was a hero.

Not surprisingly the @NRA never defends the rights of law abiding innocent Black men like Castile who were viciously gunned down. https://t.co/LbGBXcne2O

— Karen Finney (@finneyk) January 22, 2019

The NRA doesn’t care about black heroes: Jemel Roberson was “the good guy with a gun” https://t.co/quXJahAOXh

— Salon (@Salon) November 13, 2018

Factual not rhetorical question: Has the NRA made any sort of statement regarding the death of Jemel Roberson here in south Chicagoland? https://t.co/goosSkGJ81

— Harold Pollack (@haroldpollack) November 14, 2018

They didn’t defend Philandro Castile either.

The NRA’s internal split over Philandro Castile

update 11/17/18

Can't agree more with @jimantle on this. This is a test for gun-rights activists. https://t.co/Fne4BW7sQC

— Jeff B. (@EsotericCD) November 16, 2018

The NRA is for white people. Period. https://t.co/sq8XYm1pjH

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) November 17, 2018

update 11/24/18

Which Americans support the Second Amendment? The answer depends on whether whites or blacks have the guns.