Election to the United States House of Representatives in 2010

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← 2008Popular vote2012 →
 %
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
51.85%
44.85%
1.16%
1.69%
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 2008
 % p
 10
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
  -8th
-10
+ 9.23  % p.p.
-8.37  % p
+ 0.28  % p
-0.23  % p
Otherwise.
  
A total of 435 seats
Electoral districts for the 2010 House of Representatives:
  • Seat held by the Democrats
  • Seat won by the Democrats
  • Seat held by the Republicans
  • Republican seat won

    • The election for the United States House of Representatives took place on November 2, 2010. Senate elections and gubernatorial elections in 39 states and two suburbs took place on the same day .

    Result

    Parties Seats be right
    2008 * 2010 +/- Strength be right %
      Democrats 256 193 −63 44.4% 38,803,024 44.85%
      republican 179 242 +63 55.6% 44,862,598 51.85%
      Other parties - - - - 2,853,035 3.30%
    total 435 435 0 100.0% 86,518,657 100.0%
    Source: RealClearPolitics The Green Papers

    * including the special elections since 2008

    In the 2008 election the Democrats won 257 seats and the Republicans 178 seats.

    In the polls on November 2, 2010, the Democrats lost their absolute majority in the House of Representatives to the Republicans. Due to the extremely clear gains, one speaks of a wave election .

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