This article by Dr. Eric Ostermeier is published by Smart Politics. Here is an excerpt:
Smart Politics recently shined a light on the lack of competitiveness in U.S. House elections in one large state – Ohio – where not a single seat changed partisan hands after the election of 2012 when new congressional district maps were implemented.
While Ohio was the largest state to fit this category – with 16 U.S. House delegation members – it was one of many states across the country in which all of its residents were represented by the same political party in their respective congressional district for entirety of the last 10 years.
In fact, 24 states did not see a single U.S. House seat flip – more than double the number of states from the previous decade.
Read the full article here.
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