The GOP Edge In House Races

Philip Bump: “1994 is a pretty clear demarcation. That year was a Republican wave that brought the party back to power in the House for the first time in four decades. Since that election, only once, in 2008, has the GOP had a lower percentage of the vote than seats. In every other election, it’s secured a greater percentage of seats than it has a percentage of votes.”

“The Republican Party, at least for now, has an institutional advantage in the House as it does in the Senate and in the electoral college. That’s been the case for about 30 years.”