The projection was made despite several dozen toss-up races nationwide.
QUICK FACTS:
- NBC News projected early Wednesday that Republicans will take control of the House of Representatives.
- Similar results were predicted by Real Clear Politics on Tuesday evening, estimating that the GOP would safely win 227 seats, well exceeding the 218 needed for a majority.
- There are an estimated 34 toss-up seats that could go to Republicans or Democrats, potentially strengthening the Republican lead in the lower house of Congress.
PRE-ELECTION PREDICTIONS:
- The projections are consistent with pre-election polling data which showed that most voters believed Republicans would retake the House and Senate.
- The survey released by the Trafalgar Group reveals 50.2% of voters believe Republicans will take both the House and Senate.
- An estimated 80.5% of voters believe Republicans will control at least one chamber of Congress. According to 65.9% of those surveyed, Biden’s Administration and the Democratic leaders “have not made a strong enough case as to why Democrat candidates should earn voters’ support in 2022 elections.”
BACKGROUND:
- Current House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said House Republicans will set up a committee to investigate how COVID-19 spread from China, military and economic threats from the eastern nation, and intellectual property theft if they win the majority, as American Faith previously reported.
- “More importantly, we want to find where the origins of Covid began, so it never starts again. How did that happen?” McCarthy asked on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures.”
- The committee will also focus on military and economic threats posed by Beijing as well as look into accusations of intellectual property theft from American companies by the eastern nation.
