Daily Kos Elections recently completed calculating the 2016 presidential election results by congressional district. With ticket-splitting rates at historic lows, and presidential results highly correlated with congressional results, these numbers serve as a strong predictor of future House election outcomes. As Democrats seek to gain the 24 seats they need for a majority and defend the 194 they currently hold, these 21 districts that flipped to Donald Trump after supporting President Obama in 2012 could become increasingly difficult for Team Blue to win in upcoming elections. As shown on the map above (see here for a larger image), Nevada’s 3rd is the only one of these districts that isn’t located in the Northeast or Midwest, which were two regions where Trump performed considerably better than recent Republican nominees.

 

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