This Map Shows Just How Big Democrats Won the Midterms
Democrats flipped at least 31 House seats and seven Senate seats, giving them control of both chambers after a record turnout election.
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Democrats are winning control of the House and Senate after the U.S. midterm elections, and the congressional district map shows a broad reversal from the 2024 presidential vote. In a number of areas, the swing in Democratic favor is as much as 20, 30 and 40 percentage points. The shift is visible in nearly every House district for which results are available. It includes not only traditionally competitive seats, but also districts that Donald T…
The wave ended up being tsunami. A graphical analysis of data from the election results shows how drastically the political pendulum has moved in these midterms to the Democratic side compared to the 2024 presidential election, when Donald Trump won the presidency with 1.5 points of advantage in the popular vote. Continue reading
This map shows just how big Democrats won the midterms
The 2026 election was a total political reset from 2024, with many states that voted for President Donald Trump last time swinging to the left and giving Democrats control of the next Congress. A pair of maps shows, through arrows, just how dramatic the change in just two years really was. To communicate the shift in vote margin from one party to another from the most two recent elections, The New York Times has used an election results map with…
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