Despite receiving millions of more votes than Republicans, the Democrats in Congress have a very slim majority. This is because of redistricting. The Republicans control many statehouses and they draw the map of congressional districts in these states. They make sure to tilt the map to the maximum in the GOP's favor. This gerrymandering has been struck down by courts in the past but not nearly enough. This interview previously aired on Peacock on September 10, 2021. Sam Seder discusses gerrymandering with David Daley. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/08/13/opinion/can-americans-believe-democracy-after-this-redistricting-cycle/ https://www.peacocktv.com/watch-online/news/reported-with-sam-seder/4901187393729993112 We stream our live show every day at 12 PM ET. We need your help to keep providing free videos! Support the Majority Report's video content by going to http://www.Patreon.com/MajorityReport Watch the Majority Report live M–F at 12 p.m. EST at youtube.com/samseder or listen via daily podcast at http://Majority.FM Download our FREE app: http://majorityapp.com SUPPORT the show by becoming a member: http://jointhemajorityreport.com We Have Merch!!! http://shop.majorityreportradio.com LIKE us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/MajorityReport FOLLOW us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/MajorityFM SUBSCRIBE to us on YouTube: http://youtube.com/SamSeder Sam: You and I have spoken I think multiple times over the past several years starting with your book Ratf**ked. Which talked about the redistricting strategy of the Republican Party. And how it sort of I guess was injected with steroids. I hate to use this type of vernacular or but it was injected with steroids. It was basically the technological ability that changed the entire ballgame back in 2010. And so let's start and work our way back a little bit. let's talk about you know where we are in terms of the Democrats and the Republicans. And how tenuous the Democrats have in terms of a majority in this country. And what kind of swing will actually change the balance of power in the house at the very least. Daley: You're right Democrats have this control in Washington right now right? They have the White House and they have both branches of Congress. But their control of the US senate is 50 50 and based on a tiebreaker by the vice president. And their control of the US House is a slender five-seat majority. And that is despite the fact that Democratic candidates for the u.s house in 2021 have 4.7 million more votes nationwide than Republican candidates. That is a really really large bulge there. And so when you go back to the previous time that victory was as large as that you have to look at the Republican victory back in 2014 when they won by a margin of about 4.4 million vo ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe5zTSA6M3k

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