The ballots are still being counted. The middle grey areas are races that are still too close to call or don’t have enough ballots counted to say definitively.
7 gained means so far the democrats have flipped 7 seats previously held by republicans.
It’s a little complicated. ALL House seats are up for election every two years. Senate seats are up every six. Governor seats are up to individual state rules.
So some seats are always up for grabs, others not.
As a non American, I’m confused by these graphs. What is the middle grey section?
It says “gained 7, lost 7” but there’s a 60 seat difference…
Does that mean the dems were already 40 odd ahead before this election?
The ballots are still being counted. The middle grey areas are races that are still too close to call or don’t have enough ballots counted to say definitively.
7 gained means so far the democrats have flipped 7 seats previously held by republicans.
It’s a little complicated. ALL House seats are up for election every two years. Senate seats are up every six. Governor seats are up to individual state rules.
So some seats are always up for grabs, others not.