Party at Home and in Washington

Party at Home

• Incumbents Usually Win 
• Victory Margins
• Coattails 
• Midterms Are Bad for the President's Party
• EXPOSURE: Terms for senators in Class III in 2017, Class I in 2019, Class II in 2021.
• Gerrymandering: cracking, packing, merging, isolating
• Unintentionial gerrymandering
• GOP Advantage in Non-Minority Districts
• The most Machiavellian ad of 2012
• The second most Machiavellian ad of 2012

Party Committees

Republican... RNC NRCC NRSC 
Democratic.. DNC DCCC* DSCC*

*Chair appointed by party leader

Paying your dues ... literally  (No formal dues for Senate committees)


Hill leadership

• House
• Senate