Utah's congressional vote totals swung farther left than any other state
Republicans in Utah lost more ground in Tuesday's U.S. House races than in any other state, compared with the 2022 midterms. Why it matters: It's the closest the state has come to turning "Bluetah" — a development Democrats have long awaited as demographic change and transplants from other states have previously failed to nudge the GOP's hold in Utah elections. The intrigue: The shift was so extreme that Utah's new congressional maps, court-ordered last year to reverse GOP gerrymandering, may have actually saved Republicans a seat by concentrating Democrats in a single district, per a recent FOX 13 analysis . By the numbers: Utah's U.S. House vote totals swung about 30 points toward Democrats since 2022 — the nation's biggest shift, per data journalist Nate Silver . As of Monday, total Republican votes in the four races had fallen from nearly 671,000 in 2022 to about 478,000 this year. Democrats held almost 474,000 votes this year, up from 342,000 in 2022. Zoom out: The reddest states had the most Republican votes to lose — a factor in the next four states that shifted the most, per Silver: North Dakota, Alabama, Indiana and Mississippi. Stunning stat: Statewide, GOP House candidates led
