U.S. House of Representatives data (total of 435 districts) is somewhat chaotic as of today. CAUTION- Data in many districts is incomplete. 24 special districts-- 4 D won with minor party opposition only, 3 R won with minor party opposition only, 5 D won unopposed, 9 R won unopposed, 3 districts in TX (8, 9, 25) go to runoff election on Dec. 10,1996 due to Bush v. Vera opinion of U.S. Supreme Court. 411 districts had both a D and a R candidate. Of such 411, 12 are very close- less than 1.5 percent margins. Votes Pct of 411 Dists total 411 D 40,515,275 48.52 411 R 40,849,410 48.92 Other 2,137,848 2.56 Tot 83,502,533 100.00 ----- 411 winners (198 D, 213 R) 52,025,113 62.30 low 206 (114 D, 92 R) 21,425,197 25.66 MRP low 206 R 26,788,161 32.08 MRP= Minority rule percent ---- Memo- Total Nov. 5, 1996 votes for U.S. President in the 50 States was around 92,600,000 ----- Every state legislature is similar to the U.S. House of Representatives regarding the MRP in such State-- just over half the votes in just over half the districts means around 25-30 percent indirect minority rule regardless of party and around 28-35 percent indirect partisan minority rule.