By MAYA SWEEDLER, HUMERA LODHI, HYOJIN YOO, HANNAH RECHT, KATIE MARRINER, SIMRAN PARWANI and EUNICE ESOMONU, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — After voters swung toward Republican Donald Trump during last fall’s presidential election, states like Virginia and New Jersey swung back toward Democratic candidates at nearly the same velocity as 2024’s shift, an Associated Press analysis of election data from this week found.

From populous suburbs to big cities to military-heavy counties, this year’s electorate moved decisively toward the Democratic Party. Some of these areas had the largest shifts towards Trump last year, particularly in New York and New Jersey, but on Tuesday, the returns more closely resembled 2020 margins.

This came alongside relatively high turnout, at least compared to

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