Republican Candidates for U.S. House Received 51.27% of the Two-Party Vote But Only Won 50.57% of the Seats

Last month, the Republican share of the two-party vote for U.S. House was 51.27% in the entire nation. Yet Republicans only won 50.57% of the seats (Republicans won 220 seats and Democrats won 215). Although it is common for commentators to assume that most of the U.S. House gerrymandering is the fault of Republican-majority state legislatures, the final results for 2024 suggest that this is not true.

The Brennan Center issued a press release on December 27, blaming gerrymandering for costing Democrats a majority of the seats this year. But the press release does not mention the national vote totals for U.S. House.

note: BAN calculates the share of the popular vote without including votes for the Working Families Party and Conservative Party when those parties cross-nominate Democratic and Republican nominees. Other sources that calculate the national vote for U.S. House do include such votes, so there might appear to be a slight discrepancy in the national totals. It barely makes a difference, because the Conservative and Working Families nominations tend to cancel each other out.


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Republican Candidates for U.S. House Received 51.27% of the Two-Party Vote But Only Won 50.57% of the Seats — 12 Comments

  1. Another Trump term, another pandemic. The gods are angry at the electoral results.

  2. HOW MANY OF THE 435 GERRYMANDER DISTRICTS HAD 1 D AND 1 R –

    IE 2 D AND 2 R IN HOW MANY TOP 2 PRIMARY DISTS ???

    FUSION VOTES CAUSE ANY D OR R TO WIN IN NY STATE ???

  3. HOW MANY OF THE GERRYMANDER WINNERS GOT MORE VOTES THAN —

    TOTAL VOTES / 435 ???

    ESP THOSE IN G DISTS WITH LOTS OF ILLEGAL INVADERS- – EG IN S CA.

  4. VOTES FOR 220 R WINNERS AS PCT OF TOTAL VOTES FOR PREZ IN 50 STATES ???

    VOTES FOR 215 D WINNERS PCT ???

    EACH 25-28 PCT ???

    PR
    APPV
    TOTSOP

  5. “Another Trump term, another pandemic. The gods are angry at the electoral results.”

    No. The satanic globalist deep state conspiracy, which includes the leaders of the Chinese Communist party and their American fifth column conspiracy, are angry at the election results…

  6. Exactly. They are only gods in their own sick and twisted luciferian illuminati minds. In reality there is only one God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, and Trump at the right hand of God!

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