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Election results, 2022: Pivot Counties in state legislative elections

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In the 2022 elections, Pivot Counties overlapped with 822 state legislative seats (242 state senate seats and 580 state house seats). Democrats won 280 seats and Republicans won 540. Following the 2020 elections, 507 Republican legislators represented districts overlapping a Pivot County and 290 Democratic legislators represented districts overlapping a Pivot County.

Reverse-Pivot Counties overlapped with 104 state legislative seats (32 state senate seats and 72 state house seats). Democrats won 63 seats and Republicans won 41. Following the 2020 elections, 58 Democratic legislators represented districts overlapping a Reverse-Pivot County and 37 Republican legislators represented districts overlapping a Reverse-Pivot County.

In the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won 181 Pivot Counties and Joe Biden (D) won 25 Pivot Counties. The counties that Trump won in 2020 are Retained Pivot Counties, while those that Biden won are Boomerang Pivot Counties.[1][2]

This article shows the results of 2022 state legislative elections in districts overlapping a Pivot or Reverse-Pivot County, in order to understand whether voters in these counties backed the same or different political parties.

Overall

Pivot Counties

The chart and table below show the change in partisan control of all state Senate and House seats in districts containing a Pivot County. The totals for each year show the partisan control of each seat following the given year's regularly-scheduled election regardless of whether the seat was up for election that year.[3]

Partisan control of state legislative districts containing Pivot Counties
2016 2018 2020 2022
Democratic 311 346 290 280
Republican 474 443 507 540
Other 1 3 3 1
Total seats[4] 786[5] 792[6] 800 822

Reverse-Pivot Counties

The chart and table below show the change in partisan control of all state Senate and House seats in districts containing a Reverse-Pivot County. The totals for each year show the partisan control of each seat following the given year's regularly-scheduled election regardless of whether the seat was up for election that year.

Partisan control of state legislative districts containing Reverse-Pivot Counties
2016 2018 2020 2022
Democratic 39 53 58 63
Republican 56 42 37 41
Total seats[4] 95 95 95 104

State Senate districts

Pivot Counties

The chart and table below show the change in partisan control of all state Senate seats in districts containing a Pivot County. The totals for each year show the partisan control of each seat following the given year's regularly-scheduled election regardless of whether the seat was up for election that year.[7]

Partisan control of state Senate districts containing Pivot Counties
2016 2018 2020 2022
Democratic 84 92 72 71
Republican 141 139 158 170
Other 0 0 1 0
Total seats[4] 225[8] 231 231 242

Reverse-Pivot Counties

The chart and table below show the change in partisan control of all state Senate seats in districts containing a Reverse-Pivot County. The totals for each year show the partisan control of each seat following the given year's regularly-scheduled election regardless of whether the seat was up for election that year.

Partisan control of state Senate districts containing Reverse-Pivot Counties
2016 2018 2020 2022
Democratic 12 15 18 20
Republican 16 13 10 12
Total seats[4] 28 28 28 32

State House districts

Pivot Counties

The chart and table below show the change in partisan control of all state House seats in districts containing a Pivot County. The totals for each year show the partisan control of each seat following the given year's regularly-scheduled election regardless of whether the seat was up for election that year.[9]

Partisan control of state House districts containing Pivot Counties
2016 2018 2020 2022
Democratic 227 254 218 209
Republican 333 304 349 370
Other 1 3 2 1
Total seats[4] 561[10] 561[11] 569 580

Reverse-Pivot Counties

The chart and table below show the change in partisan control of all state House seats in districts containing a Reverse-Pivot County. The totals for each year show the partisan control of each seat following the given year's regularly-scheduled election regardless of whether the seat was up for election that year.

Partisan control of state House districts containing Reverse-Pivot Counties
2016 2018 2020 2022
Democratic 27 38 40 43
Republican 40 29 27 29
Total seats[4] 67 67 67 72

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ This analysis does not include counties in Alaska and certain independent cities due to variations in vote total reporting.
  2. ↑ The raw data for this study was provided by Dave Leip of Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  3. ↑ Due to redistricting since 2016, Senate seats in North Carolina are only included in the analyses for 2018 and 2020. House seats in North Carolina are only included in the 2020 numbers.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 This figure includes the total number of legislators in districts with more than one member.
  5. ↑ Fourteen seats in North Carolina (six Senate and eight House) are excluded from the 2016 analysis due to redistricting that has taken place since then.
  6. ↑ Eight House seats in North Carolina are excluded from the 2018 analysis due to redistricting that has taken place since then.
  7. ↑ Due to redistricting since 2016, Senate seats in North Carolina are only included in the analyses for 2018 and 2020.
  8. ↑ Six seats in North Carolina are excluded from the 2016 analysis due to redistricting that has taken place since then.
  9. ↑ Due to redistricting after 2016, House seats in North Carolina are only included in the 2020 numbers.
  10. ↑ Eight seats in North Carolina are excluded from the 2016 analysis due to redistricting that has taken place since then.
  11. ↑ Eight seats in North Carolina are excluded from the 2018 analysis due to redistricting that has taken place since then.
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