Parties and Elections

Party Organization (PO)

Party Outside Groups (POG)

Party in Government (PIG)

• Party Divisions in the House
• Party Divisions in the Senate
• State Government Control 

Congressional elections

• Incumbents usually win
• The money race and the incumbent advantage
• But the president's party usually loses seats in the midterm

Turnout

Alignment and Realignment:  

Demographic Gaps in 2016

2018 vote


Religion in 2018



Note: White non-Hispanic Catholics voted GOP 56-41%

Education and College America

2018 vote:

Generation

2018 vote:




Rural-Suburban-Urban Divide