Opinion | Democrats remade the political map. Will the changes hold?

The Boston Globe · David Scharfenberg · 2026-11-06 08:00 UTC

Assessing the new geography of American politics.

Even days after the midterm election, it’s a little difficult to fathom the map.

Did Democrats really win in Texas? In Kansas? In Ohio and Iowa and South Carolina? Sacrebleu!

No election in memory has upended the geography of American politics quite like this one.

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