Year | Votes Rep. | Seats Rep. | Votes/Seat Rep. | Votes Dem. | Seats Dem. | Votes/Seat Dem. | Votes/Seat(Dem) / Votes/Seat(Rep) |
1986 | 26,384,083 | 177 | 149,063 | 32,338,342 | 258 | 125,342 | 0.841 |
1988 | 37,015,851 | 175 | 211,519 | 43,473,080 | 260 | 167,204 | 0.790 |
1990 | 27,402,036 | 167 | 164,084 | 32,397,732 | 267 | 121,340 | 0.739 |
1992 | 43,498,015 | 176 | 247,148 | 48,550,096 | 258 | 188,179 | 0.761 |
1994 | 36,325,809 | 230 | 157,938 | 31,542,823 | 204 | 154,622 | 0.979 |
1996 | 43,120,872 | 228 | 189,127 | 43,393,580 | 206 | 210,648 | 1.114 |
1998 | 31,983,612 | 223 | 143,424 | 31,391,834 | 211 | 148,776 | 1.037 |
2000 | 46,750,175 | 221 | 211,539 | 46,411,559 | 212 | 218,922 | 1.035 |
2002 | 37,091,270 | 229 | 161,971 | 33,642,142 | 204 | 164,912 | 1.018 |
2004 | 55,713,412 | 232 | 240,144 | 52,745,121 | 202 | 261,114 | 1.087 |
2006 | 35,674,808 | 202 | 176,608 | 42,082,311 | 233 | 180,611 | 1.023 |
2008 | 51,952,981 | 178 | 291,871 | 64,888,090 | 257 | 252,483 | 0.865 |
2010 | 44,593,666 | 242 | 184,271 | 38,854,459 | 193 | 201,318 | 1.093 |
2012 | 53,822,442 | 235 | 229,032 | 54,301,095 | 200 | 271,505 | 1.185 |
Sunday, November 11, 2012
US House Gerrymandering
Wikipedia notes that the Republicans in the US House have a majority of seats in the 2012 Congress, despite having received a smaller number of votes than the Democrats, and that this is the first time this has happened since 1996. So I have investigated the history. I built up a little spreadsheet to see how long this pattern has been going on. The numbers come from Wikipedia, modified slightly to assign 7 undecided races to the way they are leaning now.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Rebates from ASUS
I just bought a graphics card from ASUS, which (in case you don't know) is a very reputable maker of computers and computer components. They offer a rebate for certain items purchased in January 2012. After clicking through a fairly complicated form, I reached the following page, which I reproduce here in part:
o No-Wait
Choose our No-Wait-Rebate service. We will mail your Rebate payment via 1st class mail within 5-7 business days from the date of approval of your claim for a small fee of $1.00 which will be deducted from your Rebate payment. If you are in no rush and do not mind waiting 8-10 weeks and at no cost, we will mail your Rebate payment to you via 1st Class mail after we have received your Rebate documentation and have approved your claim.
o Basic
Choose this for our basic service of 8 to 10 weeks.
The American Express ® Reward Card
o No-Wait
Choose our No-Wait-Rebate service. We will mail your Rebate payment via 1st class mail within 5-7 business days from the date of approval of your claim for a small fee of $1.00 which will be deducted from your Rebate payment. If you are in no rush and do not mind waiting 8-10 weeks and at no cost, we will mail your Rebate payment to you via 1st Class mail after we have received your Rebate documentation and have approved your claim.
o Basic
Choose this for our basic service of 8 to 10 weeks.
The American Express ® Reward Card
- This Prepaid Card is a prepaid American Express Card and may be used at merchants in the U.S. that accept American Express® Cards.
- This Card can be used instantly.
- This Card is given to you as a Reward and no consideration, value, or money has been paid by you in exchange for this Card.
- Free replacement of lost or stolen card.
- Card cannot be used at cruise lines, for recurring billing charges, at casinos or ATMs.
- Funds do not expire, service fees apply.
- See Cardholder agreement for complete terms and conditions.
- Cardholder agreement available at www.americanexpress.com/reward.
- Issued by AEPCMC under license from ©2010 American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
- For questions about the Card, including balance inquiries, contact 1-800-297-7327
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