Predictions
A number of organizations and individuals made predictions about the election, some for the House as a whole and some for both that and individual races. For the predictions just before the election occurred, see United States House elections, 2006 - predictions.
| Party | Seats | Popular vote | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 2006 | +/− | % | Vote | % | +/− | |||
| Democratic Party | 202 | 233 | +31 | 53.6% | 42,082,311 | 52.0% | +5.4% | ||
| Republican Party | 232 | 202 | −30 | 46.4% | 35,674,808 | 44.1% | −5.1% | ||
| Libertarian Party | − | − | − | − | 657,435 | 0.8% | −0.1% | ||
| Independent | 1 | 0 | −1 | - | 417,895 | 0.5% | −0.1% | ||
| Green Party | − | − | − | − | 234,939 | 0.3% | - | ||
| Independence Party | − | − | − | − | 220,842 | 0.3% | +0.1% | ||
| Working Families Party | − | − | − | − | 160,146 | 0.2% | +0.1% | ||
| Conservative Party | − | − | − | − | 152,549 | 0.2% | − | ||
| Constitution Party | − | − | − | − | 68,031 | 0.1% | - | ||
| Other parties | − | − | − | − | 1,306,581 | 1.6% | −0.2% | ||
| Totals | 435 | 435 | − | 100.0% | 80,975,537 | 100.0% | − | ||
| Voter turnout: 36.8% | |||||||||
| Sources: Ballot Access News, 2006 Vote for U.S. House | |||||||||
| Popular vote | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | 51.97% | |||
| Republican | 44.06% | |||
| Libertarian | 0.81% | |||
| Green | 0.29% | |||
| Others | 2.87% | |||
| House seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | 53.56% | |||
| Republican | 46.44% | |||
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—Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910)