# 2 Maps Perfectly Encapsulate How Badly Republicans Fumbled Since 2024

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/2-maps-perfectly-encapsulate-how-badly-republicans-fumbled-since-2024/
- Published: 2026-11-05T16:16:05+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T22:06:54+00:00
- Original publisher: The Daily Caller (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://dailycaller.com/2026/11/05/one-map-perfectly-encapsulates-how-badly-republicans-fumbled-in-two-years-midterms-blue-wave
- Topics: Politics

## Key points

- County voting trends reversed between 2024 and 2026.
- Democrats won a congressional majority in the midterms.
- Economic concerns and voter shifts featured in the result.

## Summary

A viral post compared two New York Times maps to illustrate a sharp reversal in US voting patterns: counties that moved towards Republicans between 2020 and 2024 shifted towards Democrats in 2026. The article says Democrats won a congressional majority in Tuesday’s midterms after losing it in 2024, and presents the map comparison as evidence of a broad Republican setback.

The article reports that about 2,973 counties increased their margin for Donald Trump in 2024, while more than 2,000 counties had shifted towards Democrats by 2026. It highlights a 28-point shift among Hispanic voters and a change among young men, who had favoured Trump in 2024. It also points to economic concerns: 80% of voters ranked the economy or cost of living as a top issue, more than 70% disapproved of Trump’s handling of inflation, and 53% of Republicans disapproved of his economic record.

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