by Stephen Fisher

There was clearly a swing to the Republicans since 2012 in yesterday’s US midterm elections. However, the most comparable recent election for the House contest was not the general election but the 2010 mid terms.

The Democrats seem to have recovered votes since the 2010 big wave Republican takeover. According to yesterday’s exit polls, there has been a small (1 %) swing to the Democrats. And yet, the number of Republican House seats has increased from 242 in 2010, to a likely (at the time of writing) final tally of around 248 this year. Continue reading Republican seat gains in the House off a swing to Democrats since 2010? →