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I didn't realize how tilted the election system was wrt rural vs urban electorate.

Voters cast 44.7 million votes for Democratic Senate candidates and 32.9 million votes for Republican Senate candidates — in other words 57 percent of Senate votes went for Democrats. But given how states and cities and stuff work, and which of the former happened to be up for election this year, this gap translated into at least a two-seat gain for Republicans.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/significant-digits-for-wednesday-nov-7-2018/