really mattered last night is what happened in the democratic takeover in the house of representatives. it is a huge victory for the democrats and for democracy. in a country where democracy does not always win, as we saw in the last presidential election. last night 51 million votes were counted for the democrats running for the house of representatives. 47 million votes were counted for the republicans. 4 million more votes were counted for the democrats, and this time the party that got the most votes won. this time democracy won, and democracy had to fight against jerry mandered congressional districts rigged by republicans to defy democracy. democracy had to fight against voter suppression where republican controlled states tried to make voting as difficult as possible because they know democracy is their enemy. democracy won. we couldn t say that two years ago, and that s why america had
analysis of barletta. ensome ways he was trump before trump. having risen to power in 2006 by spotlight thing illegal immigration issue 10 year said before trump did the same thing. so they came together as kindred spirits and trump recruited bar lettau to run against bob casey and it looks like he s having a difficult time getting traction, at least if you believe the polls which have him down about 15 points right now. so there s also redistricting going on in pennsylvania thanks to the state supreme court, having found that republicans jerry mandered the congressional
over the last several cycles is the electorate seems to be younger. and one thing you can t pull for for example is gerrymandering. we re dealing with a map especially in the house has been jerry mandered especially states that are swing states. so again the question is, is this going to be enough to overcome this systemic barriers. aaron, before i get to the systemic chaos here, it certainly appears to be part of his larger let s just flood the zone strategy, here s what he said about this as he was saving
what s your take on this new map? dana, it s loom impossible to take politics out of redistricting. democrats are right. the map republicans drew in 2011 is a jerry mandered map. when you look at the process by which democrats redrew the map, it is filled with politics. the supreme court in pennsylvania, you re elected by party. democrats want a supreme court majority. they have a ruling that came down the pike a month ago. they decided to throw out the maps, draw their own maps. when you look at the congressional district lines in this new map favor democrats. give them an advantage. all these subtle ways that could have a big impact in who takes the majority in the house. dana: do the republicans have any standings to get this changed or are we running out of time? very limited legal appeal. they re promising they re going to do an overturns of this map in the court. this is a state supreme court decision and a u.s. supreme court doesn t really have
out its congressional district map. they found the district were drawn up jerry mandered in ways that nakedly favor republicans and are designed to keep them in office. the judges have told the legislator in north carolina come back with a new map. they say there will not be a 2018 congressional election based on the old one. and the judges have threatened to draw up a map of their own. but this has blown open statewide politics in the state tonight. further south in florida they ve been granted an exemption from the trump administration plan to open so many of our shorelines to offshore drilling. because florida raised such a raucous from its governor to its two senators to its congressional delegation, the int interurer secretary mr. zincy says he won t grant oil and gas drilling leases off the florida