In 2012, Republicans won a commanding 234-201 majority in the House of Representatives despite Democrats receiving more votes in congressional races overall. Analysts have pointed to redistricting as one reason (others include, for example, the concentration of Democratic voters in dense urban areas). This graphic shows disparities in popular vote versus seats won by state in 2010, when the old districts were in place, and 2012. | Related Story: »

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2012 Number of Seats More than Proportional to Popular Vote -2 -1 0 +1 +2 >+2 State Republican Seats Democrat Seats Republican Votes Democrat Votes AL 6 1 914,445 418,957 AK 1 0 175,384 77,606 AZ 5 3 900,510 711,837 AR 3 1 435,422 317,975 CA 19 34 4,195,494 5,148,828 CO 4 3 884,032 800,900 CT 0 5 457,976 634,947 DE 0 1 125,442 173,543 FL 19 6 3,004,225 1,853,600 GA 8 5 1,528,142 940,347 HI 0 2 129,127 226,430 ID 2 0 263,699 150,884 IL 11 8 1,720,016 1,876,316 IN 6 3 972,671 679,462 IA 2 3 597,414 479,874 KS 4 0 528,136 274,992 KY 3 2 844,369 506,319 LA 6 1 675,386 311,221 ME 0 2 248,170 316,156 MD 2 6 674,246 1,104,056 MA 0 10 808,305 1,335,738 MI 8 6 1,671,707 1,415,212 MN 4 4 970,741 1,002,026 MS 3 1 423,579 350,695 MO 6 3 1,103,290 708,064 MT 1 0 217,696 121,954 NE 3 0 327,986 137,524 NV 2 1 357,369 317,835 NH 2 0 230,265 200,563 NJ 6 7 1,055,299 1,024,730 NM 1 2 288,885 307,766 NY 8 21 1,612,724 2,514,801 NC 6 7 1,440,913 1,204,635 ND 1 0 129,802 106,542 OH 13 5 2,053,075 1,611,112 OK 4 1 519,562 221,966 OR 1 4 657,007 733,369 PA 12 7 2,034,145 1,882,202 RI 0 2 126,951 185,711 SC 5 1 753,932 537,323 SD 1 0 153,703 146,589 TN 7 2 955,078 541,527 TX 23 9 3,058,203 1,450,150 UT 2 1 390,969 218,236 VT 0 1 76,403 154,006 VA 8 3 1,186,098 911,116 WA 4 4 1,135,166 1,296,502 WV 2 1 283,085 227,857 WI 5 3 1,165,761 938,690 WY 1 0 131,661 45,768 State Republican Seats Democrat Seats Republican Votes Democrat Votes AL 6 1 1,233,624 693,498 AK 1 0 185,296 82,927 AZ 4 5 1,131,663 946,994 AR 4 0 637,591 304,770 CA 15 38 4,381,206 6,945,307 CO 4 3 1,143,616 1,080,061 CT 0 5 500,290 951,281 DE 0 1 129,757 249,933 FL 18 11 3,826,522 3,392,402 GA 9 5 2,104,098 1,448,869 HI 0 2 137,531 285,008 ID 2 0 406,814 208,297 IL 6 12 2,207,818 2,743,702 IN 7 2 1,351,760 1,142,554 IA 2 2 726,505 772,387 KS 4 0 N/A N/A KY 5 1 1,027,582 684,744 LA 5 1 1,005,403 287,274 ME 0 2 265,982 427,819 MD 1 7 858,406 1,626,872 MA 0 9 693,624 1,544,103 MI 9 5 2,086,804 2,327,985 MN 3 5 1,210,409 1,560,984 MS 3 1 703,635 411,398 MO 6 2 1,463,586 1,119,554 MT 1 0 255,468 204,939 NE 3 3 N/A N/A NV 2 2 457,239 453,310 NH 0 2 311,636 340,925 NJ 6 6 1,430,325 1,794,301 NM 1 2 343,268 422,189 NY 6 21 1,476,732 1,832,752 NC 9 4 2,137,167 2,218,357 ND 1 0 173,585 131,870 OH 12 4 2,620,233 2,412,385 OK 5 0 856,872 410,324 OR 1 4 687,839 949,660 PA 13 5 2,710,070 2,793,538 RI 0 2 161,926 232,679 SC 6 1 1,026,129 742,805 SD 1 0 207,640 153,789 TN 7 2 1,369,562 796,513 TX 24 12 4,429,270 2,949,900 UT 3 1 647,873 324,309 VT 0 1 67,543 208,600 VA 8 3 1,876,761 1,806,025 WA 4 6 1,369,540 1,636,726 WV 2 1 376,276 252,786 WI 5 3 1,401,995 1,445,015 WY 1 0 166,452 57,573