House Republicans had a good midterm election, giving them the biggest majority they’ve held since the 1920s and — coupled with the GOP’s new Senate majority — prompting some in Washington to talk about a more productive 114th Congress.
But as the Republicans have expanded their territory, there’s a curious wrinkle: The new Republican caucus looks a lot like the old Republican caucus. On the whole, the districts that make up the new House Republican majority look like they will be slightly more white and less Hispanic than the districts that made up the old House Republican majority — and just as rural. CONT.
Dante Chinni (American U.), Wall Street Journal