Texas vs California: They Swapped Sides 🇺🇸
Texas vs California: share of House seats held by Democrats, 1899–2026.
Texas: 92% Democratic (12 D + 1 R, 1899) · 34% Democratic (13 D + 25 R, 2026)
California: 14% Democratic (1 D + 6 R, 1899) · 83% Democratic (43 D + 9 R, 2026)
Republican majority in Texas since 2005
Democratic majority in California since 1959
What the number means: 13 D · 25 R = 13 of the state's House seats are held by Democrats and 25 by Republicans.
The parties changed: the South voted Democratic for a century and turned Republican; the Northeast and the West Coast went the other way.
Party balance = how many of a state's seats in the US House are held by Democrats (D), Republicans (R) or others, in every two-year Congress. 'all D' = every seat Democratic, 'even' = as many D as R, 'all R' = every seat Republican.
Terms used:
- House: the US House of Representatives, 435 members, elected every 2 years
- Congress: the House + the Senate; one Congress lasts 2 years
Data: Voteview - Lewis, Poole, Rosenthal, Boche, Rudkin & Sonnet (2026), member lists of the House (voteview.com). 2025-2026: the current Congress, votes so far.
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