The House’s Republican Bias: Does it Exist?

The Republican Party’s structural advantage in federal elections has been well documented in liberal circles. Democrats argue that Republicans have so heavily gerrymandered the House that the institution’s legitimacy is at stake.

But do Democrats really face a structural disadvantage in House elections? Two measures of bias — the Median District Bias and the Seat Bonus Bias — tell two different stories. CONT.

Seth Moskowitz, Sabato’s Crystal Ball