Definition of "overrepresent" [overrepresent]

• To represent as being higher or greater than it is. (verb)

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• "It's fair to say most of these polls overrepresent democrats so the situation leading up to the 2010 elections is likely worse for democrats than the poll indicates."
• "If an area is drawn to overrepresent conservative voters, then that area will always elect conservatives."
• "What the Senate does is arbitrarily overrepresent certain places, and most of those places are rural."