House Democratic Caucus Median

Median DW-NOMINATE score of the House Democratic caucus — the Democrats' shift is smaller than the GOP's in most post-1980 studies; this series shows whether that still holds.

Exclude COVID

-0.39DW1

Trend YoY growth is -0.0%, slowing by 0.0 pp/year over the last 166Y. Latest: -0.0%, 0.0 pp below trend, a 0.4σ deviation.

Level

YoY %

y = 0.0% 0.0 pp/yr · t

Deviation from trend

Forecast

Projected value by forecast vintage (DW1)

Projected value (DW1)

Forecast made in2011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026202720282029MAPE
2011-0.40-0.45-0.51-0.47-0.56-0.51-0.63-0.53-0.68-0.55-0.73-0.58-0.79-0.62-0.86-0.65-0.92-1.21-1.511700%
2013-0.39-0.41-0.43-0.43-0.46-0.43-0.47-0.43-0.48-0.44-0.50-0.46-0.53-0.47-0.55-0.64-0.73500%
2015-0.40-0.37-0.33-0.34-0.28-0.31-0.22-0.28-0.17-0.26-0.12-0.24-0.080.090.281000%
2017-0.39-0.40-0.41-0.39-0.40-0.40-0.42-0.41-0.43-0.42-0.45-0.48-0.51100%
2019-0.38-0.37-0.36-0.37-0.35-0.37-0.35-0.37-0.34-0.31-0.28100%
2021-0.38-0.38-0.38-0.38-0.38-0.39-0.39-0.39-0.39100%
2023-0.39-0.39-0.40-0.40-0.41-0.42-0.44100%
2025-0.39-0.40-0.41-0.43-0.45
2026-0.40-0.41-0.43-0.45

YoY change forecast

Forecast made in2011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026202720282029MAPE
2011-0.1%+0.0%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.2%-0.2%-0.2%-0.2%-0.2%-0.2%-0.2%-0.3%-0.3%-0.3%-0.3%1700%
2013+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%500%
2015+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%+0.2%+0.2%+0.2%1000%
2017+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%100%
2019+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%100%
2021+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%100%
2023+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%100%
2025+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%
2026+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%

Forecasts use ordinary least-squares linear regression fitted to the YoY change series over a rolling 5Y window. Each row shows a vintage — the forecast as it would have appeared at that point in time. Projected values apply the forecasted YoY change to the prior year's level, chaining forward where actuals are unavailable. MAPE measures forecast accuracy against realized values. These are mechanical trend extrapolations, not economic models.