The Impact Of Gerrymandering On Congress

Although Republicans have a majority in the House of Representatives now, that could change depending on if the pollings margins between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump grow (in favor of Clinton). The Democrats (Clinton’s Party) have to gain at least 30 more seats in the House in order to be the majority party. Organizations taking polls haven’t seen a large democratic wave as you would expect to happen although candidates have gotten away from the norm, such as Trump. Trump hasn’t changed how most voters view traditional Republicans. Hillary Clinton as a larger chance of winning against Donald Trump. Democratic voters are more likely to vote straight democratic on their whole ticket, which will boost the chances of Democrats gaining the majority
Right now the Republicans have the majority, but it is estimated that if Clinton wins it could flip the House. Most people tend to vote strictly for their party’s candidates, but this election could cause some of them to split ticket vote. Although it is predicted that if Clinton leads by 10 points that she has a chance of giving the Democrats a lead in the House this is unlikely due to the fact that Gerrymandering is popular among the republican states. Gerrymandering is the art of redistricting in a way to help the incumbent, by concentrating or diluting the minorities, so that the incumbent’s party is likely to win, while discouraging other possible candidates for Congressional office. If the majority party changes in the House then that would drastically change the kind of policies that are made because a different party, the Democrats, would be the majority and someone from that party would become the majority leader, while the Republican Party would have to step down and become to minority