The initial takeaway from last week’s election results was that Republicans have lost considerable ground in the higher-income, well-educated suburban areas that have been the party’s backbone for decades. With a more complete map of called House races, we can see exactly how devastating the GOP’s slippage in these parts of the country has been.
By my count, Republicans have lost 31 House seats in what might be considered suburban districts. All are at or above the national average for median income, higher-education attainment, or both. That list includes three in New Jersey, one in New York, four in Pennsylvania, three in Virginia, two in Michigan, two in Illinois, one in South Carolina, one in Georgia, two in Florida, two in Minnesota, two in Texas, one in Oklahoma, one in Kansas, one in Colorado, one in Arizona, three in California, and one in Washington state.
This does not include a handful of districts where the Republican candidate is losing but the race has not yet been called, such as Mia Love in the Salt Lake City suburbs or Tom MacArthur in South Jersey. Nor does it include numerous suburban districts where Republican incumbents held on but ran awfully close races—like Rob Woodall of Georgia, George Holding on North Carolina, Kenny Marchant of Texas, Mimi Walters of California, or Andy Barr of Kentucky.
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