White House blames redistricting for Dems' Tuesday losses
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The White House on Wednesday blamed redistricting for the Republicans' success in Tuesday's elections, and admitted that President Obama was hoping for a better result for Democrats.
"[T]here are a whole lot of theories that have been proffered about why Democrats have not performed as well as we would like, either at the state level or in off-year elections," said White House spokesman Josh Earnest. "Republicans have focused on redistricting … and that has recently started to bear fruit for them."
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Demographers have noted that Democrats' tendency to live in denser, urban areas dilutes their voting power when legislative lines are drawn, Earnest said.