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This week, Dave discusses the recently released 2025 Cook PVI report. He notes that the House map is less skewed toward Republicans than when Trump first took office in 2017.
Transcript:
Hey. This is David Wasserman, senior editor and elections analyst for the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter. And today, we released our PBI scores, our partisan voting index for all four hundred thirty five congressional districts.And last month, we released our scores for states. Now in some ways, the political atmosphere right now is similar to twenty seventeen. Democrats are activated and they're angry at President Trump. And we see Democrats over performing in special elections like the ones that took place in Florida. They did well in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race. And yet, it's different in other ways. And one of the big ways it's different is that the House map is less skewed towards Republicans than it was when Trump first took office in
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