DCCC - Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

11/20/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/20/2024 15:40

NEW: “House Democrats See Silver Linings” As House Candidates Outperform Top of Ticket

Initial analysis from the DCCC shows how House Democrats' substantive, authentic, and locally-focused campaigns helped them outperform the top of the ticket among key demographics across the battlefield.

In counties that are fully encompassed in DCCC battleground districts, Frontline and Red to Blue candidates outran the top of the ticket "by an average of 2.4 percentage points… where fewer than 30 percent of registered voters have a college degree" and "by an average of 1.1 points in the counties inside battleground districts where majorities of registered voters are people of color." Additionally, the DCCC's analysis found that:

A preliminary analysis from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee found its candidates did better than Vice President Kamala Harris among Hispanic, Black and non-college-educated voters in counties fully within battleground districts.

President-elect Donald Trump proved strong among voters without a college degree, winning 56 percent of them in this election, according to exit polling . The DCCC analysis found that its candidates outran Harris by an average of 2.4 percentage points across battleground-district counties where fewer than 30 percent of registered voters have a college degree.

The candidates outran Harris by an average of 1.1 points in the counties inside battleground districts where majorities of registered voters are people of color.

Some of the overperformance is evident from the overall results. In Texas's 34th Congressional District, a heavily Hispanic district in South Texas, Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D) carried Cameron County by a narrow margin, while Harris lost it by six percentage points.

"House Democrats held Republicans to a slim majority this election by overperforming with key demographics in virtually every corner of the country," the DCCC chairwoman, Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-Washington), said in a statement, praising the quality of campaigns.