In the U.S. House, Republicans will be aided by favorable district boundaries that were drawn to maintain GOP political dominance. Those include 23 districts where Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton defeated Trump and various others that Republicans took away from Democrats in recent years. The Democratic committee is touting a surge of 675,000 new supporters in January, many of whom joined the cause amid nationwide protests against Trump’s policies. They then used that statehouse power to help cement their control in Washington by redrawing congressional districts following the 2010 Census. Ironically, Democratic chances for huge congressional gains may depend on Trump’s success at enacting his agenda.

Source: Washington Post February 05, 2017 16:07 UTC