DCCC: Where they spent, and how they did

Published November 6, 2010 4:00am ET



By far, the best site for results in this election has been The New York Times. Head over to their House results page and you’ll find their “Electoral Explorer” feature, which allows you to view districts based on a number of criteria — Hispanic population, senior citizen population, median income, and the amount spent by each party in a given district, for example.

The map tells a very interesting story about party spending on the Democratic side. Of the 50 districts where the DCCC spent the most, they scored a net loss of 33 seats. That number is misleading — it’s a lot like saying that teams lose when they shoot lots of three-pointers, when in fact teams shoot a lot of three pointers when they’re losing. You’d expect the Democratic Party to spend the most money wherever the greatest danger exists.

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