This is the key to understanding why unpopular things get funded, popular things get shelved, and the courts are staffed with too many ideological wingnuts.
Thread: Republicans won the Senate in 2024 despite Democrats winning more votes & representing more people nationwide. Republicans last won more support than Democrats in the 1990s but won the Senate anyway in 7 of 13 elections since 2000. Data & charts below: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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