Democrats Gonna Squeak By with House
Submitted by apenultimate on Fri, 11/06/2020 - 8:55am
Looking at CNN's election map for the House of Representatives, it looks to me as though the Democrats are going to *just barely* squeak by with control of the House. Here is the current state of "decided" elections:
Link (although the numbers will update and change)
The Democrats currently have 208, but cursoring over the map at the undecided districts, it looks to me that Democrats are only ahead in 10 additional contests right now.
This would give them 218, the exact number needed to control the House. Right now, Democrats control 233 seats, so this is a fairly large crash for them.
Polls had them gaining 4-10 seats.
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What abut the senate in 2022?
Can McConnell get a veto proof senate to go with a Republican house?
On to Biden since 1973
@doh1304 I doubt it. In fact,
I doubt it. In fact, right now, there's a distinct possibility McConnell could end up as Minority leader in the Senate, given there will be two runoff races in Ga (where Biden just took the lead) that could decide control of the Senate on Jan. 5.
@doh1304 The map heavily favors
The map heavily favors Democrats in 2022 (22 Republican incumbents running vs 12 Democrats and I don't know if that counts Toomey's PA seat which will be open since he's retiring). Of course, midterms favor the party out of the White House. So those two factors will be at loggerheads, but I doubt there are enough Dem incumbent running that Republicans would gain a veto-proof majority even if all Dem incumbents lost and all Rep incumbents won.
"Not me. Us."
To misquote Joseph Heller:
Twice bitten, permanently shy.
The Democrat Party is sinking fast.
Winning the figurehead white house position means nothing, especially barely squeeking by, when you give up more and more statehouses, govenorships, House seats, and federal court appointments.
The Titanic Party is going down and stupid Pelosi and Shumer are still on the bridge wheeling away on the steering wheel as though they are in total control.
Now is the time for the smart Democrat Senators and Reps to jump ship and start a new party.
There is a handful of them I would follow through Hell. But most I wouldn't turn my back to.
IMHO
Tha ks for the post, Apenultimate.
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Time for her to go! Past time!
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