Despite focus on underperformance, Dems won the House popular vote by more than twice as much as GOP in 2016.

2016: GOP got 241 seats (47 seats more than Dems) with a popular vote win of 1.1%

2020: Dems got 222-224 seats (8-12 more than GOP) with a popular vote win of 2.5+%.
No question that Dems did far worse than they hoped. No question gerrymandering is here to stay.

But this disparity is getting a small share of attn compared to the circular firing squad, maybe bc poular vote is not yet widely known.

Source for 2020: https://cookpolitical.com/2020-house-vote-tracker
A reminder: in 2012, *Dems* won the House popular vote by 1.1%.

And... Republicans got 234 seats. About 10 more than Dems will have now.

Bottom-line: with the current maps, there's nothing obvious about Dems holding the House.
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