02-01-2018, 01:31 PM
(02-01-2018, 01:26 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: And this is the issue with doing the same for a Congressional election. Republicans got 1% more of the popular vote of all Congressional races combined, but that translated into a difference of +47 seats compared to Democrats, or about 10% of seats.
Yup. The "generic opponent" polls are junk for this very reason.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
