The Uncompetitive House
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on October 20th, 2011 4:38 am by HL
The Uncompetitive House
Kyle Kondik: “Instead of looking at the House through the competitive races, consider instead the uncompetitive races — the large number of seats that should be safe for one party or the other for the foreseeable future. Based on the latest Crystal Ball ratings, less than one in four of the 435 House seats will be competitive next year, and if one only considers the seats we rate as ‘leaning’ to one party or the other or as ‘toss-ups,’ there are only 46 truly competitive contests, or about 10% of all House seats.”
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