Midterm Pulse2026US Electionsby Jorge Garcelán
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STATE · 2026 MIDTERMS

California

52House seats
48favour D
0toss-up
1in play
D+20.1President 2024

HOUSE

52 districts, closest first

CA-22
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CA-48
Lean Dpolls D+8.0
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CA-21
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CA-02
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Safe Dpolls D+14.0

TERRITORY · CENSUS 2020

Where its people live. California is the 1th most urban of 50 states.

94 %live in urban areasU.S.: 80 %
2,293,200people live in rural areas6 % of residents
10 %live in Los Angeles3,898,747 residents
5 %live outside any city, town or census-designated placeCensus places, 2020

Where the people are

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UrbanRuralEach dot is a Census block group, about 1,500 people, sized by its population (Census 2020).

Largest cities and towns

  1. Los Angeles3,898,7479.9 % of residents
  2. San Diego1,386,9323.5 % of residents
  3. San Jose1,013,2402.6 % of residents
  4. San Francisco873,9652.2 % of residents
  5. Fresno542,1071.4 % of residents
  6. Sacramento524,9431.3 % of residents
  7. Long Beach466,7421.2 % of residents
  8. Oakland440,6461.1 % of residents

California's districts, by urban share

California: 94 % · United States: 80 %

U.S. 80 %

Urban means living inside a 2020 Census urban area, a densely settled core of at least 5,000 people or 2,000 homes; the Census Bureau has no suburban category. Cities are Census places (incorporated cities and towns, and census-designated places), counted block by block on the November 2026 district lines. Census Bureau ↗

State profile

California at a glance

— House seats

Census profile

California vs. the country

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Presidential results

California since 1976

MIT Election Lab
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Two-party margin of the presidential vote in the state (Democratic share minus Republican share of all votes cast).