House Election Finale

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| Tue Jan. 27, 2009 10:34 AM PST

HOUSE ELECTION FINALE....Via Open Left, the unofficial final vote counts for the 2008 congressional election are here. Here's how the House race turned out:

  • Two-party popular vote: Democrats 55.5%, Republicans 44.5%.

  • House seats won: Democrats 59%, Republicans 41%.

Bottom line: Dems won the two-party vote by 11 percentage points, but won the race for congressional seats by 18 percentage points. That's a pretty big divergence by recent historical standards. I wonder if Democrats can hold on to it?

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