text: States in orange represent states that lost votes . This would give the Democratic Party a net loss of six electoral votes in safe states , for a national total of 242 ; the Republican Party a net gain of six electoral votes in safe states , for a national total of 181 ; and swing states no change from a national total of 115 .
simplified: As a result of the 2010 Census , several states will gain electoral votes and several states will lose electoral votes .