Geography and gerrymander

… In 1960, John F. Kennedy won the national popular vote by less than two-tenths of a percentage point, while winning some 1,155 of the nation’s 3,143 counties. In 2012, Barack Obama won the popular vote by 4 points but took just 705 counties. Four years ago, Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by 2 points but was victorious in just 487 counties.

Put differently, Clinton won the popular vote by a margin 10 times larger than Kennedy’s but netted far less than half as many counties. CONT.

Mark Mellman (Mellman Group), The Hill


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