Quick update on the House: It looks now as if the final count will be R 220, D 215, and with 3 Republican House members going into the Administration (or failing to go in as it were), the House will start at a razor-thin R 217-215. Only 1 Republican defection on anything kills...anything.
Short answer, yes! Longer answer, it's probably a combination of both. Having more down-ballot candidates means more votes almost every time. Murray County's Democratic vote went up a good bit this past election, it's population growth went up a bit more than that. So, again, it's probably some of both.
https://sharonlawrence.substack.com/p/elections-breaking-down-the-red-wall-a0b
Quick update on the House: It looks now as if the final count will be R 220, D 215, and with 3 Republican House members going into the Administration (or failing to go in as it were), the House will start at a razor-thin R 217-215. Only 1 Republican defection on anything kills...anything.
Electoral college at top, sorry.
Murray county was purple on your hand drawn map, could it be because they had a Dem candidate at state level for the first time in over 20 years?
Short answer, yes! Longer answer, it's probably a combination of both. Having more down-ballot candidates means more votes almost every time. Murray County's Democratic vote went up a good bit this past election, it's population growth went up a bit more than that. So, again, it's probably some of both.