Standard congressional forecasting regressions over all 435 seats are misleading because gerrymandering and incumbency fix the outcome of roughly 360 seats, leaving only about 60-70 genuine swing districts; the meaningful action is therefore in those swing districts, not the averaged national model.

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David Brady

Evidence Quote

you're really running it over 70 or 80 districts and you're averaging over 430

Source

David Brady on the State of the Electorate 09/02/2010EconTalk
Created: 6/16/2026, 2:51:22 PM

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