claim: "during the last election, democrats won over a million votes more than republicans, but because of the way districts are designed, the republicans got 33 more members of the house of representatives than the democrats did."
author: lloyd doggett
evidence_1: feb 2, 2013 ... democrats received 1.4 million more votes for the house of ... it is possible to put  large groups of voters on the losing side of every election. the republican state  leadership committee, a washington-based political group ... that the party that  wins more than half the votes should get at least half the seats.
evidence_2: nov 7, 2018 ... donald trump forced out his attorney general, jeff sessions, on ... democrats  won back the house at the midterm elections but failed to ... however,  republicans had a better than expected night in the ... democrats pointed to  suburban seats turning blue as proof that mr ..... he was due to start at 11:30am.
evidence_3: oct 29, 2018 ... in 2012, republicans won a majority of 33 seats in the house despite getting 1.4  million fewer votes than their democratic opponents. in the past four  congressional elections, republicans have won a larger share of ...  gerrymandering is now seen as a way to tip the scales in a more competitive  climate.
evidence_4: nov 9, 2017 ... on 6 november 2018, all 435 seats in the us house of representatives and 33  seats in the senate will be on the ballot. but ... those like manchin, who is  running in a state trump won with nearly 70% of the vote, will have to rely .... in a  district where there were simply more republicans than democrats.
evidence_5: mar 14, 2018 ... “it took a little longer than we thought, but we did it! ... democrats in the 18th  congressional district than republicans, but many of ... as democrats try to win  back the house in 2018, they're going to need candidates like lamb in the mix.  more democratic 2018 candidates are explicitly campaigning on gun ...