CMC Congress Course

This blog serves my Congress course (Claremont McKenna College Government 101) for the spring of 2025.

Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Congressional Elections I


The Big Picture


  • Incumbents Usually Win 
  • Victory Margins
  • Coattails 
  • Midterms Are Bad for the President's Party
The Senate
  • The Class System
  • The Exposure of the Class of 2014 and the results
  • Senate coattails in 2012?
  • Seats and Votes in the Senate
  • 2016 Senate races
The House
  • Gerrymandering: cracking, packing, merging, isolating
  • Unintentionial gerrymandering -- recent NYT article
  • GOP Advantage in Non-Minority Districts
  • The "bench" advantage shifts to the GOP
Pitney at 11:03 AM

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