Since today is the start of Black History Month, here's a map of the black population of the United States by County. You can definitely spot the outline of the southern "black belt" here that stretches from Louisiana and Arkansas to Virginia.
@PokiJaciii Being the Secretary of State here in Illinois is just an easy way to win in landslides since you're pretty much the most recognizable statewide official (outside of the Governor).
Any vehicle registration/drivers license/passport stuff, you'll see who the SoS is.
With Democrats gaining majorities in legislative chambers in Texas, North Carolina, and Georgia I was curious how many Crossover districts there now were in the South. There look to be 122 Trump district Democrats in Lower Houses and 3 Harris district Republicans
The Minnesota Democrats had a pretty good night in the outer suburbs of Minneapolis-St. Paul last week, exemplified by flipping #SD54, a Trump+4.5 district in Scott County.
The Dem who flipped it? A former Republican Michigan State Representative-turned-Minnesota Democrat!
Darren Soto pulled off the upset of the decade in Florida when he held on to the new #FL09.
This Trump +18 district voted GOP for Governor by 3% and Senator by 4%. Soto out-performed the ticket to hold on! #flapol
Backstory https://t.co/iAUArTaB9M
The Michigan Democrats finally broke through in Ottawa County this year, flipping #HD86 in the Holland area.
It's been slowly trending blue, but remained stubbornly Republican downballot. That was until Joseph McClusky unseated Republican incumbent Nancy DeBoer by three points.
Ran the numbers and it turns out that if the North Carolina Republicans didn't redistrict ahead of this year, #NC01 would have been D+11 and #NC03 would have been R+8. So, yes, the North Carolina GOP dummymandered themselves in eastern North Carolina.
https://t.co/1XJlcFhkWQ
Probably wouldnโt be in this situation if the NCGA had left the congressional districts alone in 2025. Hard to see there being a need to spend this much in what was in 2024 a Trump +21.8 district. (Graphic via @JMilesColeman)
In what is currently the 2nd closest house race in the country, Democrat Chuck Hubbard leads incumbent Republican Virginia Foxx by 325 votes. Foxx has represented the 5th district since 2005 and in 2024 defeated Hubbard by 19% while Trump won the district by 18%.
In 2024, Donald Trump winning Osceola County Florida, which is plurality Puerto Rican, was the first big sign of the night about Hispanic voters swinging further to the GOP
Last week, Democrats swung the county back to the left. Angie Nixon won the county by 18% #flapol
Yes, if they didn't try to get greedy and get one additional seat, Greg Murphy would still be in Congress and be the best-performing Congressional Republican in the state by a mile (the actual best was only R+2)
Wisconsin Republican State Representative Todd Novak was always a prolific overperformer, until last week. He went from outrunning the top of the ticket by double digits to losing by double digits, flipping his #AD51 from red to blue.
Harris+3.5/David Crowley+13 district!
Guilford County just posted provisionals and Chuck Hubbard (D) is once again ahead of Rep. Virginia Foxx (R). His lead is 196 votes. Rockingham and Watauga remain. #NC05#ncpol