Did you notice this little gem in the election results?

[DonRedwood]

I've really been pouring over the electoral results and maps. This is something that has really jumped out at me. The toss-up races. We know that Obama pretty much swept the swing states. We know that we picked up some ground in the Senate.

It's the House that I think s hows some really interesting results. The house toss-ups. I'll use HuffPo to explain. They had 17 "Toss-up" House seats. 20 leans Republican and 16 leans Democrat. Here is the beautiful little gem that sets us up quite well for 2014:

Of 17 Toss-ups, the Democrats took 12. 70% or so.
Of 16 Leans Democrat the Dems took 100% of them. (counting Barber in AZ who is currently ahead)
Of 20 Leans Republicans the Dems took 5. 25%.

Wow. This really sums up that the Democrats really kicked butt this election. Of 53 leaning or toss-ups, the Dems took 33 of the seats.

Poll numbers be damned, this is the kind of math that I like to do!!!

(Note, there are a couple of races that they haven't finished counting...but Dems have leads in all of them)

[PearliePoo2]

1. Nice little "factoid"!

assuming Barber prevails....what will the net gain for Dems be in the House?

[sinkingfeeling]

2. We'd probably have a Democratic House if it weren't for the 2010 gerrymandering.

[DonRedwood]

5. i know...i think they knew it was a census year so they went for it

all those tea party candidates riling up the base...didn't matter if they only lasted a year...they helped them redistrict a good portion of the country.

[DonRedwood]

8. The Dems got over 50% of the votes for house seats....

i saw a great post on here about it earlier. I'll try to find it.

[DonRedwood]

10. here is the chart

[DonRedwood]

13. link to the DU Post: Highly recced from me :0)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021815335

[DonRedwood]

9. Huffpo's chart sums it up well:

http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/2012/results/house

[DonRedwood]

3. It sorta looks like we gained 4? Still some counting going on so a couple haven't been

called.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

4. the real losers? Grover, the Kochs, KKKarl, and Fox news

Heck, even Rush admits that he's a loser.

[DonRedwood]

6. Yeah, but they'll be back.... they don't give up.

[DonRedwood]

7. grover norquist....

i made a meme about him....

[ChairmanAgnostic]

11. i love it!

[DonRedwood]

12. Thank you! I think you're my first comment on it! :0)

[defacto7]

14. K&R

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. I called CA-52 yesterday here on DU

Need to check if Bilbray already went there and conceded.

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. Nope, Representative Bilbray has not conceded the election.

Suffice it to say last time around, when Susan Davis unseated him, it took him a while.

Fun fact, San Diego's Delegation will be three Dems, and Two republicans for the House and yes, two Dems for the senate

[malaise]

16. Not according to Lyan Ryan

[hay rick]

17. Really it's a commentary on media reporting.

The media was invested in the horse race and a close election. They overweighted Republican-financed polls. Unprofessional polling proliferated during this cycle...

[DonRedwood]

22. It was just as bad four years ago. I used to watch CNN and was so disgusted by how

far they slanted right that I stopped watching them completely.

[dixiegrrrrl]

18. Nice digging!

I have noticed that you post good information and provide good links.
WTG.

[LiberalFighter]

20. IMO it is all about identifying your voters and GOTV

They need to determine the turnout and get 50% +1

[Iwillnevergiveup]

21. Maybe overly optimistic,

but I think this bodes well for House races in 2014.

K&R

[ThoughtCriminal]

23. The polls WERE oversampling Republicans

Evidence is in the results.