PA Presidential Vote By Congressional District
Two of the country’s 16 Crossover Districts were in Pennsylvania.
As Dailykos.com notes,
The number of crossover districts—16 in total—is extremely low by historical standards but continues a downward trend reflecting our nation’s increased political polarization. Following the 2016 elections there were 35 crossover seats, which was an increase from 2012 but a steep drop from the 83 produced by the 2008 Democratic wave. For much of the post-war era, there were 100 or more such districts, according to the Brookings Institution—to find a lower proportion in a presidential year, you have to go back to the GOP landslide of 1920, when there were just 11 crossovers.
These districts are now concentrated in just 11 states—as you can readily see in our “hexmap” that displays all districts at the same size—but Pennsylvania holds the unique distinction of being the only state in the nation that’s home to both a “Biden-Republican” and a “Trump-Democrat” seat: the 1st and 8th districts, respectively.
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Biden outperformed Clinton in 17 out Pennsylvania’s 18 congressional districts. But he underperformed vs Obama 2012 in 10 of the districts. In the 4th (Madeleine Dean) and 5th (Mary Gay Scanlon) Districts Biden outperformed both Clinton and Obama. In 2016, the 4th District, Clinton outperformed Obama by 1.7%. It was one of only two districts in the state where Clinton ran ahead of Obama.
