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The 5 post-WWII elections tend to support March's hypothesis that the parameters of the relationship between seats won & votes cast for a major party are `not far' from those specified by the cube law. But this small distance may have considerable signif, The asymmetry, not taking into account non-size effects, is owed to the strategic or unecon distribution of a party's voting strength-the gerrymander effect, which generally handicaps labor. The logic of March's analysis is that this party will increase its bid for voters in marginal seats. IPSA.