If you controlled the DCCC/NRCC after 2016 with the knowledge you have now...

[wesmoorenerd]

...what would you have done differently to maximize gains in the House?

For the DCCC:

1. Ignore the polls coming out of TX-23 and keep Gina Ortiz Jones afloat with more support
2. Fight like hell to get Steve Santarsiero and Stephanie Miner to jump in to PA-01 and NY-24 (or anybody else other than Wallace or Balter, who were quite lackluster)
3. Either get Ashford into the GE or support Eastman significantly more in NE-02
4. Target IL-13 over IL-12 from the outset
5. Target GA-07 and suburban TX FAR more aggressively, and try and improve candidate recruitment in TX significantly
6. Tell Aftab Pureval to get his s*** together in regards to a response to his campaign finance problems
7. Don't take MN-01 for granted
8. Significantly decrease investment in NJ-11, CA-49, PA-17, VA-10, or any of the other districts that went for the Dem by double digits
9. Ignore deep red districts that turned out to be fool's gold like KS-02 and KY-06
10. For the love of God, don't give a single penny to Ojeda or Bryce

[Xing]

Both parties should have pulled out of VA-10 months before the election. For the Democrats, I would say to realize that even if Siena is a good pollster, not to take every result as the gospel truth, and to not give up on races like NE-02 or TX-23, and to invest more heavily in GA-07, IL-13, and MO-02. For Republicans, they should've give up on trying to flip Democratic seats other than the Minnesota ones (not bother with AZ-01, CA-16 (LOL), NV-03, NV-04, or PA-08), and give up on obviously unwinnable races like AZ-02, MN-03, and PA-07 earlier, and focus on a narrower path to holding a majority. They eventually did that, but only very late in the game, by which point the damage was done.

[RussFeingoldWasRobbed]

Invest more in OH-12

[lfromnj]

I'll play nrcc and clf
Don't spend any money on wa 8th or 39th. Open seats always flip.
Drop the trio of comstock Coffman and Paulsen . All 3 were in swing 2012 but clinton plus 10.also add pete roskam tbh. I had it at Lean D before labour day.
Don't spend any money on offense besides the mn seats. Also spend money and recruitment for peterson. Just maybe spend a little more to get someone else other than danny Tarkanian Ian NV 03
Not triage Blum halfway
Don't waste so much for Mike Bost in a trump plus 15 seat. Even if dems won it the seat was a one term rental.

[Politician]

DCCC
Don't spend so heavily in AZ-1 or AZ-2
Don't spend in AR-2
Don't spend in FL-6 or FL-25 at all
Target GA-7 heavily
Triage IL-12 and reroute the money to IL-13
Spend more in MI-6
Spend more in MN-1
Don't triage Radinovich in MN-8
Don't triage Eastman, lol.
Don't spend so heavily in NV-3 or NV-4
Don't spend so heavily in NJ-11
Get Kate Browning to win the NY-1 primary
Recruit a better candidate in NY-24
Spend more on OH-12
Don't let Wallace win the primary in PA-1
Target PA-10 and PA-16
Don't triage Ortiz Jones
Spend heavily in TX-10, TX-21, TX-22, TX-24 and TX-31
Don't spend a penny in VA-10 or similar affluent suburban seats, especially if the NRCC has triaged them
Get a better candidate in WA-3
Don't light any money on fire to support Bryce or Ojeda

[😥]

...what would you have done differently to maximize gains in the House?

For the DCCC:

1. Ignore the polls coming out of TX-23 and keep Gina Ortiz Jones afloat with more support
2. Fight like hell to get Steve Santarsiero and Stephanie Miner to jump in to PA-01 and NY-24 (or anybody else other than Wallace or Balter, who were quite lackluster)
3. Either get Ashford into the GE or support Eastman significantly more in NE-02
4. Target IL-13 over IL-12 from the outset
5. Target GA-07 and suburban TX FAR more aggressively, and try and improve candidate recruitment in TX significantly
6. Tell Aftab Pureval to get his s*** together in regards to a response to his campaign finance problems
7. Don't take MN-01 for granted
8. Significantly decrease investment in NJ-11, CA-49, PA-17, VA-10, or any of the other districts that went for the Dem by double digits
9. Ignore deep red districts that turned out to be fool's gold like KS-02 and KY-06
10. For the love of God, don't give a single penny to Ojeda or Bryce

100%

[lfromnj]

DCCC
Don't spend so heavily in AZ-1 or AZ-2
Don't spend in AR-2
Don't spend in FL-6 or FL-25 at all
Target GA-7 heavily
Triage IL-12 and reroute the money to IL-13
Spend more in MI-6
Spend more in MN-1
Don't triage Radinovich in MN-8
Don't triage Eastman, lol.
Don't spend so heavily in NV-3 or NV-4
Don't spend so heavily in NJ-11
Get Kate Browning to win the NY-1 primary
Recruit a better candidate in NY-24
Spend more on OH-12
Don't let Wallace win the primary in PA-1
Target PA-10 and PA-16
Don't triage Ortiz Jones
Spend heavily in TX-10, TX-21, TX-22, TX-24 and TX-31
Don't spend a penny in VA-10 or similar affluent suburban seats, especially if the NRCC has triaged them
Get a better candidate in WA-3
Don't light any money on fire to support Bryce or Ojeda

Arkansas 2nd was fine. It was a long shot but some you have to take. It was only a 5 point loss so not bad overall. It's about the same as investing in ok 5th

[Roblox]

Both parties should have pulled out of VA-10 months before the election. For the Democrats, I would say to realize that even if Siena is a good pollster, not to take every result as the gospel truth, and to not give up on races like NE-02 or TX-23, and to invest more heavily in GA-07, IL-13, and MO-02. For Republicans, they should've give up on trying to flip Democratic seats other than the Minnesota ones (not bother with AZ-01, CA-16 (LOL), NV-03, NV-04, or PA-08), and give up on obviously unwinnable races like AZ-02, MN-03, and PA-07 earlier, and focus on a narrower path to holding a majority. They eventually did that, but only very late in the game, by which point the damage was done.

Personally, I was just fine with republicans wasting millions of dollars in VA-10. Democrats, however...

[I Can Now Die Happy]

If I controlled the DCCC I'd just make it part of the platform to put all Trump voters in jail so that the D's lose big league