How America voted in maps and charts

ByWesley Stephenson Data Journalist. 4 November 2026, 04: 47 GMT.

Key points

• Produced by Wesley Stephenson, Christine Jeavans, Daniel Wainwright, Becky Dale, Libby Rogers, Jess Carr, John Walton and Rob England.
• The BBC's partner CBS News projected the Democrats would win the House just after 03: 00 GMT on Wednesday (22: 00 EST Tuesday).
• This is a turnaround from the estimated 55% of Hispanic voters who backed Donald Trump in 2024.
• Two significant seats are Florida 14 and Florida 25 which the Democrats have held.
• The redistricting saw both districts move from having a majority of 2024 Kamala Harris voters to having a majority of individuals who voted for Donald Trump.

It's been an extraordinary night for the Democrats so far in the US midterms.

They have taken control of the Senate and are projected to take control of the House of Representatives too, according to the BBC's partner CBS News.

In practice, the results in the Senate are beyond what the Democrats would have projected. North Carolina was a probable pick-up but South Carolina was a enormous shock and Kansas had not returned a Democratic senator since 1932.

Texas, Iowa, Ohio and Maine have additionally turned blue. There is one toss-up seat to come in Alaska and even Mississippi is now on a knife edge, according to CBS News.

Polls before the election saw South Carolina as leaning Republican. It had been a deep red seat for plenty of years, last returning a Democratic senator in 1998.

For context, the shift from Republican to Democrat happened nationwide. For example recent vote share demonstrates Texas moved 9 points towards the Democrats when compared with the 2024 Senate race.

Meanwhile, the BBC's partner CBS News projected the Democrats would win the House just after 03: 00 GMT on Wednesday (22: 00 EST Tuesday). The Democrats are making the gains they need to take control but have their sights set on a much bigger victory.

Two significant seats are Florida 14 and Florida 25 which the Democrats have held. This is a blow to the Republicans' attempt to redraw the boundaries in their favour.

In practice, the redistricting saw both districts move from having a majority of 2024 Kamala Harris voters to having a majority of individuals who voted for Donald Trump.

Florida 22, which was additionally redrawn to favour the Republicans, saw a victory for the Democrats too. What turned the vote?

For context, a massive poll of voters suggests women turned out in numbers and most voted Democrat. Men by contrast were evenly split between the two main parties.

Hispanic voters look to be one of the key groups in the elections in Florida. The poll suggests this group backed the Democratic Senate candidate Angie Nixon by 55% to 44% for the Republican Ashley Moody.

For context, the poll additionally asked what matters voters were most concerned regarding. It suggests that nationwide the economy was the biggest matter, followed by the state of democracy.

When voters were asked if Donald Trump's policies impacted economic conditions, the poll suggests more that two-thirds believe they had created things worse.

For now, how America voted in maps and charts remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.