Dave Wasserman: Gerrymandering & 2018 House predictions

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🗓️ 1 February 2018

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Dave Wasserman, House Editor for the Cook Political Report, joins Chuck Todd to handicap the biggest House races in the 2018 midterm, and to discuss the future of district reapportionment.

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, we invite you to meet the press.
0:03.3	Meet the press.
0:04.1	Meet the press.
0:05.0	Meet the press.
0:06.0	Meet the press.
0:09.0	Welcome to 1947 to Meet the Press podcast.
0:11.2	My guest today is the one and only David Washerman.
0:14.4	David is the House Editor for the Cook Political Report.
0:16.9	So fair warning.
0:18.2	We are going to geek out a bit on some of the most important
0:21.2	midterm elections of 2018 all 435th now.
0:25.6	Probably a good 60 to 80.
0:27.6	It'll be fun.
0:28.8	But David is also known as a bit of a savant when
0:31.1	it comes to the question of gerrymandering or reapportionment.
0:34.4	And he recently co-authored a project for 538.com
0:36.9	in which he wrote quote, it's easy for opponents
0:39.4	of gerrymandering to argue what districts shouldn't look like.
0:42.4	All they have to do is ridicule the absurdity
0:44.2	of the most bizarre patchwork's ever woven
0:46.4	to elect members of Congress.
0:47.8	For example, the rabbit on a skateboard,
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