Right now the Republicans have a lock on the U.S. electoral system. They can concentrate minorities in key locations so that they elect more representatives than do the Democrats. This is in spite of the fact that they have a minority of the total population as voters and that trends are against them.
How bad is it, and what is likely to happen in the future? Billmon has a superb analysis of the situation, with comparison to both the 19th Century British system and the more recent Japanese election system. He plays off the article from Donkey Rising and the article in Mother Jones.
Go read Billmon. He makes a lot of sense, and I can't add to what he says.
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