Although some votes are still being counted, it has become clear that Donald Trump and the Republicans increased their support this week over previous US elections.

Even in areas that are predominantly blue (meaning they typically vote Democratic, even in 2024), more voters backed Trump than ever before, even in overwhelmingly Democratic urban centers.

In chicagoa slight majority of voters in the city’s 41st District, on the city’s northwest side, voted for Trump. It is the first time a Chicago district voted for a Republican presidential candidate since 1992. Overall, 69% of voters still supported Democrat Kamala Harris in Chicago’s Cook County as of Saturday afternoon, with nearly 84% of the votes counted.

In Texas, the mostly blue city of houston They voted for Trump in greater numbers than in the last presidential election, according to the Houston Chronicle. Harris County, which includes all of Houston, voted for Harris by a narrow margin overall.

In the nation’s capital Washington D.C.Trump garnered his highest support in three elections, winning 6.5% of the vote with 99 percent of votes counted as of Saturday afternoon. Harris won 90.4%.

Support for Trump also increased from previous elections in his hometown of new york city.

In it Bronxwhich has a large Latino population, Trump had garnered 27% support in 2024, with 82% of votes counted, compared to 16% in 2020, echoing rising levels of support for the president-elect among Latino voters in other parts of the country like Bueno.

in the neighborhood of queensTrump earned 38% support in 2024, with 86 percent of votes counted, compared to 21.8% support in 2016.

In manhattan, Trump won about 17% of the 2024 vote, with 99% of votes counted, also a slight increase from 2020.

While there is still a political divide between urban and rural communities in the United States, there were more Trump supporters in major Democratic cities in 2024 than the previous two times the former president was on the ballot.