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"Redistricting is a deeply political process, with incumbents actively seeking to minimize the risk to themselves (via bipartisan gerrymanders) or to gain additional seats for their party (via partisan gerrymanders)."
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"I certainly believe that we gain through open trade and liberalisation."
"Most economic fallacies derive from the tendency to assume that there is a fixed pie, that one party can gain only at the expense of another."
"I had to gain weight until I looked like a seal so I could compete with the real whores who played the other roles. I was fat as a barrel."
"I worked hard. I worked late. I went in early. I did everything I could to gain an advantage."
Gain,
"A mutual arrangement, I repeat, is the only satisfactory medium whereby the present system can be carried on with any degree of satisfaction, and in such an arrangement the employers have more to gain than the workers."
"The mandate you go with is intimidating and also is a source of respect that you gain, because you have come with this mandate from the United Nations."
"FDR created today's 30 percent coalition. Obama wants to finish the job by turning it into a permanent ruling majority. There's nothing new about the Obama Narrative. It is the FDR Narrative on steroids. It is intended to lead to greater statism and political gain."
"What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose."
Gain,
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"Further-more, partisan attachments powerfully shape political perceptions, beliefs and values, and incumbents enjoy advantages well beyond the way in which their districts are configured."
"Presidents are elected not by direct popular vote but by 538 members of the Electoral College."
"America is an outlier in the world of democracies when it comes to the structure and conduct of elections."
"But presidential approval also became a surrogate measure of national unity and patriotism."
"All of this suggests that while citizens became more comfortable with President Bush after September 11 and thought him to have the requisite leadership skills, they continue to harbor doubts about his priorities, loyalties, interests, and policies."
"Votes in federal elections are cast and counted in a highly decentralized and variable fashion, with no uniform ballots and few national standards."
"Second, the President's popularity has not translated into increased support for the Republican party or for the policies and approaches on domestic policy championed by the President."
"In addition to the decline in competition, American politics today is characterized by a growing ideological polarization between the two major political parties."
"A healthy degree of party unity among Democrats and Republicans has deteriorated into bitter partisan warfare."
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