There are 23 Republican members of the House who represent districts that supported Democrat Hillary Clinton in last year’s presidential race. Nine of those Republicans voted against the bill, as you might expect. Fourteen of them voted for it.

Fully one-half of those 14 were representatives from the state of California. All seven of those districts were also ones that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee identified as likely targets for being taken out of office in 2018. Of that group — 58 in total — only 13 members voted against the legislation.

Unsurprisingly, the Republicans who voted against the bill were generally less robustly conservative than their colleagues as measured by the American Conservative Union. There are two clear outliers, representatives who vote conservatively and represent districts that strongly backed Donald Trump last year: Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Walter B. Jones (R-N.C.).

More interesting is how the Republican vote shifted after whip counts (tallies of likely votes) this week.

Most of those who were flagged as undecided ended up supporting the bill — including embattled members such as Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), who spent much of the week angrily rebutting questions about what he planned to do. Reps. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and Billy Long (R-Mo.) were critical flipped votes: It was their last-minute amendment that provided enough political cover for them — and others — to finally support the bill.

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These votes of support were critical for the bill to pass out of the House. Whether they were smart votes is another question. When Democrats voted for Obamacare in 2010, the repercussions were severe.

What may help those Republicans from swing districts who supported the bill feel somewhat comfortable? The Obamacare vote was much closer to the 2010 elections than we are to 2018 — and the Senate could still keep the bill from going into effect.