New @CookPolitical: with 114.7 million votes counted, Dems' lead in the national House vote is up to 13.1 points. cookpolitical.com/vote-tracker/2…
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If there's one shift that sums up 2026, it's Kansas's Golden Triangle of meatpacking (Liberal, Dodge City, Garden City, 61% Hispanic), focus of sweeping ICE operations in September:
2024: Trump 15,915 (68%), Harris 7,240 (31%)
2026: Marshall 9,537 (46%), Hamilton 10,411 (51%)
2024: Trump 15,915 (68%), Harris 7,240 (31%)
2026: Marshall 9,537 (46%), Hamilton 10,411 (51%)
How bad was 2026 for Republicans? Democrats' nominee in #TX09, a gerrymandered Trump +20 seat in the Houston suburbs, won a higher share of the vote than the GOP nominee for Wyoming's House seat.
Fact: 84% of the House districts Dems are on track to flip this year contain a Cracker Barrel, and just 59% are home to a Whole Foods.
By contrast, 67% of the districts Dems flipped in 2018 contained a Whole Foods, and just 56% were home to a Cracker Barrel.
By contrast, 67% of the districts Dems flipped in 2018 contained a Whole Foods, and just 56% were home to a Cracker Barrel.