Visualising how the US midterms turned the map blue

In a major Democratic wave in the November 3 midterms, voters gave Democrats control of both chambers of the US Congress, ending the Republican majorities held by President Donald Trump’s party. The result shifts power in Washington with two years of Trump’s term remaining.

Preliminary estimates put turnout at 122.7 million ballots, or 48.76 per cent of eligible voters, the second-highest midterm rate in more than a century. By 09:00 GMT on November 5, Democrats had won at least 240 House seats and 54 Senate seats, including seven Republican-held Senate seats and at least 31 House districts; 48 House and two Senate races remained uncalled. Maine had the highest state turnout at 65.78 per cent, while West Virginia had the lowest at 33.33 per cent.