Brad DeLong notes:
One way to look at last night's election is that the implicit gerrymandering of the Senate and the in-the-tank-ness of the press corps are keeping people from realizing how big the blowout was. Consider this: it looks like 32,100 thousand Americans voted for Democratic Senatorial candidates, and only 24,524 thousand Americans voted for Republican Senatorial candidates. That's a 13.4% margin of Democratic victory.
Not quite sure why Brad isn't just saying 32 million and 24 million, but beyond that, good point! Though now that Rumsfeld is being replaced by a James Backer acolyte in Robert Gates, last night's win is feeling even bigger...
