WASHINGTON – The nationalization of our politics is now complete. Well, almost.
Daily Food Elections completed the 2020 presidential election count in all 435 congressional districts, and found that Joe Biden transported 224 districts, while Donald Trump won 211.
This is almost identical to the actual division of 222-213 in Congress that resulted after the Congress matches in 2020.
There were only 16 crossover districts in 2020 – nine Republicans owned districts that drove Biden last year, and seven Democrats represented districts that Trump won.
The other 419 congressional districts are represented by the party that won it in the presidential contest.
The 16 crossover districts since the 2020 election have declined from 35 in 2016 and 83 in 2008.
These are just the latest data that underline how polarized – and nationalized – our politics have become.
As we have noted before, only six states in the country have now divided the representation of the Senate, where a Democrat and a Republican represent it in the U.S. Senate.
It is down from 21 divided states in 1993.
In short: with a few exceptions, what happens at the top of the ticket carries below.
Meet the 16 crossover districts
Trump-Democratic Congress Districts (7)
- Maine 2 (Golden)
- Pa.8 (Cartwright)
- NJ 3 (Kim)
- Mich.8 (Slotkin)
- Ill.17 (Bustos)
- Iowa 3 (Axne)
- Wisc. 3 (Type)
Biden-GOP Congress District (9)
- Pa.1 (Fitzpatrick)
- NY 24 (Katko)
- Fla.27 (Salazar)
- Texas 24 (Van Duyne)
- Neb.2 (Bacon)
- California 21 (Valadao)
- California 25 (Garcia)
- California 39 (Kim)
- California 48 (steel)
Double standards? Or to re-erect the handrail?
Politico has a story in which Democrats accuse Neera Tanden of keeping to double standards – that Republicans (as well as Democrat Joe Manchin) judge her tweets in the past according to rules they did not for Donald Trump (or even the former Trump- ambassador) did not apply. Ric Grenell, for that matter).
But author Matt Lewis has another way: it’s time to re-establish the handrail and hold people accountable for their actions – and their tweets.
Yes, Teeth are being held to a double standard that did not exist for Trump, Lewis writes.
But he argues that the alternative to it is not standards at all.
Tweet of the day
Data download: the numbers you need to know today
28,282,645: The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the United States, according to the latest data from NBC News and health officials. (This is 59 303 more than yesterday morning.)
502,493: The number of deaths so far in the United States due to the virus, according to the latest data from NBC News. (This is 1,401 more than yesterday morning.)
55,403: The number of people currently hospitalized in the United States with coronavirus.
345.6 million: According to researchers from The COVID Tracking Project, the number of coronavirus tests tested so far in the United States.
64,177,474: Number of vaccinations administered in the US
19,438,495: People have been fully vaccinated in the US.
65: The number of days Biden has left to reach his 100-day vaccination target.
Biden see day
At 13:15 ET, President Biden holds a roundtable discussion with black essential workers. From 4pm ET, Biden will hold – at a distance – a bilateral meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Joe and the Juice
West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin is throwing his power around in an evenly divided senate for the first time.
On Friday, the Democratic senator announced that he would not support President Biden’s nominee for OMB director, Neera Tanden. Susan Collins, Mitt Romney and Rob Portman follow quickly. All but guarantee that Tanden will not be confirmed for Biden’s cabinet – and that’s if she does not withdraw her nomination before it goes to the polls.
Then Manchin announced on Monday that he would not decide how to run for nominated representative Deb Haaland, DN.M. Haaland will appear before the Senate’s Energy and Natural Resources today – Manchin is chairing the committee.
And the number of the week is … 135
Terminators, sumo wrestlers and porn stars? Our issue of the week looks back at the wild ballot in California in 2003. Listen here.
ICYMI: What else is happening in the world?
Ask yourself how the states prioritize vaccination groups – sometimes contrary to what the White House prefers? See Alex Seitz-Wald.
This is what you can expect from the confirmation hearing of Deb Haaland today.
Xavier Becerra will also face tough questions in his confirmation hearings this week.
Merrick Garland says his first priority as AG will be the January 6 investigation.
What went wrong in the Capitol violation? A trial today could shed light.
A new poll in Florida shows that Gov. Ron DeSantis is getting a lot of attention from Republicans in the state.
The Supreme Court has rejected Trump’s latest attempt to keep his tax returns from Manhattan’s district attorney.
The Hill may be becoming more diverse, but the congressional staff remains overwhelmingly white.
