CQ breaks down all 435 Congressional districts
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at 12:03 pm
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Congressional Quarterly has created a nifty interactive map detailing the results of the 2008 presidential contest in all 435 Congressional districts. Across the country, 34 House districts elected Republicans representatives, but also favored Barack Obama over John McCain. The only such district in Minnesota: the Third Congressional District, where Erik Paulsen defeated Ashwin Madia by a 49-41 percent margin, but Obama took the district by a 52-46 spread. The Second Congressional District also nearly makes the cut. Republican Rep. John Kline was re-elected by a solid 57-43 percent margin, while John McCain carried the district by a much narrower 50-48 spread.
4 Comments
Comment posted March 25, 2009 @ 12:26 pm
What about the 3rd Congressional District? I know it still seems untrue, but Republican Erik Paulsen won that race and Obama won that CD.
Comment posted March 25, 2009 @ 2:32 pm
The 7th reversed too, just the other way.
Entirely tangential, but clicking around, I noticed the one district McCain won in Wisconsin had a free ride the GOP House incumbent; no Democratic challenger!? I thought we were getting past conceding congressional districts. I happened to click on Arkansas and all districts were unchallenged. Don’t know what that means, other than the fact we take it for granted in Minnesota both parties challenge for every seat, which shows how strong the parties are I suppose.
Comment posted March 25, 2009 @ 2:59 pm
Avi is correct. I completely mucked this up. I’ll fix now.
Comment posted March 25, 2009 @ 5:31 pm
“The Second Congressional District also nearly makes the cut.”
This sentence contains an extraneous word: “also.” There is no also. The 2nd Dist. simply “nearly makes the cut.”
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