See how Republicans won the House but fell short of a red wave

Republicans outran Trump’s margins in {repShiftCount} districts. By comparison, Democrats outperformed Biden in just {demShiftCount} districts.

Arrows are shown only in districts where both parties were on the ballot.

Republicans’ gains were sizable in some areas, though rarely enough to pick up seats held by Democrats. The moves either slightly widened existing Republican advantages or narrowed Democratic margins.

For instance, here are the districts Biden won in 2020. Unsurprisingly, Democratic candidates won most of them. But more than three-quarters of the districts shifted toward Republicans.

Districts that voted for Trump are where Republicans saw many of their largest swings, winning all but {trumpToDem}.

Florida districts swung consistently Republican in an election spearheaded by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), who pushed an aggressive gerrymander that helped win 20 of the 28 seats. Republicans gained four seats there.

Meanwhile in New York, Democrats lost four seats to Republicans as redistricting made their contests more competitive. Areas upstate voted more like rural areas elsewhere in the country.

Red states like Ohio were broadly good for Republicans. But there were exceptions like the 9th District, where Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D) won by 13 points over J.R. Majewski (R), who attended the Stop the Steal rally preceding the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Trump won this district in 2020.

Democrats performed exceptionally well in Michigan, winning a majority of House seats. Turnout was higher than in 2018, perhaps the result of a competitive race for governor and a ballot measure on abortion rights.

Republicans House candidates outperformed Trump by large margins across California and won {bidenToRepCA} seats in districts where Biden beat Trump.

While Republicans consistently gained compared to 2020, their slim governing majority may make it difficult to push forward an agenda in the new Congress.