U.S. House of Reps., 1997, Actual Minority Rule, V.1

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U.S. House of Representatives data (total of 435 districts) is somewhat
chaotic as of today. CAUTION- Data in many districts is incomplete.

24 special districts-- 4 D won with minor party opposition only, 3 R won with
minor party opposition only, 5 D won unopposed, 9 R won unopposed, 3
districts in TX (8, 9, 25) go to runoff election on Dec. 10,1996 due to Bush
v. Vera opinion of U.S. Supreme Court.

411 districts had both a D and a R candidate. Of such 411, 12 are very close-
less than 1.5 percent margins.

               Votes           Pct of 411 Dists total
411 D   40,515,275      48.52
411 R   40,849,410      48.92
Other     2,137,848         2.56
Tot       83,502,533    100.00  
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411 winners (198 D, 213 R)  52,025,113   62.30
low 206 (114 D, 92 R)          21,425,197    25.66 MRP
low 206 R                             26,788,161    32.08
MRP= Minority rule percent
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Memo- Total Nov. 5, 1996 votes for U.S. President in the 50 States was around
92,600,000
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Every state legislature is similar to the U.S. House of Representatives
regarding the MRP in such State-- just over half the votes in just over half
the districts means around 25-30 percent indirect minority rule regardless of
party and around 28-35 percent indirect partisan minority rule.