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Democrats have overperformed in key elections in 2025: (Original Post) applegrove Sep 2025 OP
Important find. Thanks. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2025 #1
Redistricting might backfire on them tinrobot Sep 2025 #2
This is great but what elections exactly? nm mikewv Sep 2025 #3
Actually, they've overperformed in almost all Special Elections Wiz Imp Sep 2025 #4

tinrobot

(12,115 posts)
2. Redistricting might backfire on them
Sat Sep 20, 2025, 07:41 PM
Sep 2025

Adding more red districts usually means those districts will have narrower margins than before.

If there's a blue wave election, it may overwhelm those margins.

Wiz Imp

(10,438 posts)
4. Actually, they've overperformed in almost all Special Elections
Sat Sep 20, 2025, 09:03 PM
Sep 2025

I'll have to dig to find the exact data, but I believe Democratic candidates have been running an average of 15 or 16% above Kamala Harris's performance in the same districts.

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