WASHINGTON – The nationalization of our policy is complete. Well, almost.
Kos’s daily elections completed its 2020 presidential vote count in all 435 congressional districts and found that Joe Biden won 224 districts, while Donald Trump won 211.
This is almost identical to the actual 222-213 party division in Congress that resulted after the 2020 parliamentary disputes.
There were only 16 districts crossed in 2020 – nine Republicans occupy districts that Biden conquered last year, and seven Democrats represent districts that Trump won.
The other 419 electoral districts are represented by the party that won the presidential race.
These 16 cross-sectional districts in the 2020 election fell from 35 in 2016 and 83 in 2008.
It is only the most recent data that highlights how polarized – and nationalized – our policy has become.
As we pointed out earlier, only six states in the country shared representation in the Senate, with a Democrat and a Republican representing it in the United States Senate.
This is less than the 21 states divided in 1993.
In short: with just a few exceptions, what happens at the top of the ticket is transferred to the bottom.
Discover the 16 crossover districts
Trump-Democratic Electoral Districts (7)
- Maine 2 (gold)
- Pa. 8 (Cartwright)
- NJ 3 (Kim)
- Mich. 8 (Slotkin)
- Ill. 17 (Busts)
- Iowa 3 (Axne)
- Wisc. 3 (type)
Congressional Biden-GOP Districts (9)
- Pa. 1 (Fitzpatrick)
- NY 24 (Katko)
- Florida. 27 (Salazar)
- Texas 24 (Van Duyne)
- Neb. 2 (Bacon)
- California 21 (Valadao)
- California 25 (Garcia)
- California 39 (Kim)
- California 48 (steel)
Double standard? Or put the guardrails back on?
Politico has a history in which Democrats accuse Neera Tanden of having two weights and two measures – that Republicans (as well as Democrat Joe Manchin) are judging his previous tweets by rules that do not apply to Donald Trump (or even the ex – Trump ambassador Ric Grenell, by the way).
But writer Matt Lewis takes a different view: it’s time to put the protections back and hold people accountable for their actions – and their tweets.
Yes, Tanden is being considered a double standard that did not exist for Trump, Lewis writes.
But he argues that the alternative to this is that there are no standards.
Tweet of the day
Data download: the numbers you need to know today
28,282,645: The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States, according to the latest data from NBC News and health officials. (There are 59,303 more than yesterday morning.)
502,493: The number of deaths from the virus in the United States so far, according to the latest data from NBC News. (This is 1,401 more than yesterday morning.)
55,403: The number of people currently hospitalized with coronavirus in the United States.
345.6 million: The number of coronavirus tests that have been administered in the United States so far, according to researchers at The COVID Tracking Project.
64,177,474: Number of vaccine doses administered in the USA
19,438,495: Fully vaccinated people in the USA
65: The number of days left for Biden to reach his 100-day vaccination goal.
Biden Day
At 1:15 pm Eastern time, President Biden conducts a roundtable discussion with black essential workers. Starting at 4 pm Eastern time, Biden holds – remotely – a bilateral meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Joe and Juice
West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin is throwing his power around for the first time in an evenly divided Senate.
On Friday, the Democratic senator announced that he would not support President Biden’s nomination for OMB director Neera Tanden. The Sens. Susan Collins, Mitt Romney and Rob Portman followed suit. This almost guarantees that Tanden will not be confirmed to Biden’s office – and that is if she doesn’t withdraw her appointment before it gets to the vote.
Then, on Monday, Manchin announced that he was undecided about how he would vote for the nominee for Interior Secretary, Dep. Deb Haaland, DN.M. Haaland is due to appear on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today – Manchin chairs the committee.
And the week number is … 135
Terminators, sumo wrestlers and porn stars? Our Number of the Week looks back on the 2003 recall vote in California. Listen here.
ICYMI: What else is happening in the world
Want to know how states are prioritizing vaccination groups – sometimes at odds with what the White House prefers? Alex Seitz-Wald takes a look.
Here’s what to expect from Deb Haaland’s confirmation hearing today.
Xavier Becerra will also face difficult issues at his confirmation hearings this week.
Merrick Garland says his first priority as an AG will be to investigate on January 6.
What went wrong with the Capitol violation? An audience today may shed some light.
New Florida research shows that Governor Ron DeSantis is getting a lot of attention from Republicans in the state.
The Supreme Court rejected Trump’s latest effort to keep his tax returns from the Manhattan district attorney.
The Hill may be becoming more diverse, but the Congressional team remains overwhelmingly white.
