In Defying the Odds, we discuss state and congressional elections as well as the presidential race. Our next book, title TBA, discusses the 2020 results.
• Of 43 U.S. House seats that flipped from Republican to Democratic control in the 2018 midterms, 14 flipped back to GOP control in 2020, while 29 remained in Democratic hands.
• Though data is not yet complete, there are signs that these districts’ House vote in 2020 mostly mirrored their vote for president.
• Among these seats, Democrats were generally more successful in holding districts that were more affluent, better educated, and largely suburban and urban.
