And yet Democrats haven’t just won more votes in the House elections. They won more votes in both the 2016 and 2000 presidential elections. Similarly, gerrymandering and geography means that Democrats need to win a substantial majority in the House popular vote to take the gavel. Republicans have lost the popular vote in six of the last seven presidential elections. If they’d also lost six of the last seven presidential elections, they most likely would have overhauled their message and agenda.

Source: New York Times January 24, 2020 15:00 UTC