Live: 2026 US midterm results

· Election Simulator

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QUICK GUIDE

How it works

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Click a county

Edit its results, turnout, and reporting % from the side panel. Click any percentage to type an exact value.

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Press Play to simulate

Counties report in real-feeling AP-style chunks. Vote totals tick up live, and a victory card pops when the race is called.

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Multi-select counties

Hold Shift and click counties (or use the Multi-select toggle). A draggable panel appears with a shift slider, turnout, and reporting controls — apply changes to all selected at once.

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Map view modes

Shade colors counties by leader. Shift overlays NYT-style arrows showing the swing vs. 2024.

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Hover detail

Full shows results, past margins, and demographics on hover. Compact shrinks to just current results with bars.

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Scenarios

Quick presets: Reset to 2026 baseline returns every county to the modeled 2026 race, Waves move every county’s margin 6 to 30 points toward one party, Toss-up cuts every county’s margin by 70%.

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Share your map

The Share button generates a clean PNG with state name, candidate totals, and your @elxmapping watermark — ready for X.

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Click a county again, or click its chip below, to unselect it. × clears all.

Turnout %

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Click any county on the map or in the list to edit its results.

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