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July 14, 2013:  This Facebook Meme found at American Voice of Reason:

Comments and discussion found HERE.

There were about 210,000 more votes cast for Republicans than Democrats in federal House of Representatives races.  Altogether, about 51% of people voted Republican, and 47% voted Democratic. Yet... 75% of the Ohio representatives are Republicans while only 25% are Democrats?

That's the really misrepresentation right there. If you talk about equal representation, something like 9 (vs. 12) of those 16 Representatives should have been Republican with 7 (vs. 4) Democrats.  That's a switch of 25% of the seats. 

In the discussion, someone brought up gerrymandering in New York.  But it really isn't nearly as bad as it was in Ohio.  In New York, about 32% voted Republican, and Republicans have 22% (6) of the New York delegation to the House. About 58% voted for Democrats and the Democrats have 78% (21) of the New York delegation to the House.

If New York's delegation were more representative, the Republicans would have about 9 seats (vs. 6) and the Democrats would have about 18 (vs. 21).  That's a switch of about 11% of the seats.