@Legiondude 65 not up for election in senate

only 35 for election in senate

@Deleted User https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_elections,_2014

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All of them? - I was wondering because in the UK some MPs can get replaced in by-elections halfway through the main political cycle

tim kaine won

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and warren

I dont think texas will stay red

I'm not sure

Oh wow, democrats lost the 2014 midterms <:GWcmeisterPeepoE:403295297159299083>

The House is intended to be the most responsive to the sways of the popular will, so they change out all reps(in theory) every 2 years

The Senate was to provide stability out of synch with the Presidency's 4 year terms, so they change out a third each 2 years for 6 year terms @Agamemnon's Death Mask

Well they lost 9 seats

Look up the 2010 election

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_elections,_2010

Florida is on a knife edge

House +63 R that year

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It was that election that made Obama basically give up on passing legislation after Obamacare

After that it was all Executive Orders

@@Legiondude that seems actually really great in theory, but could leave the house vulnerable to modern reactionary rhetoric

That's kind of what trump is though

Well that's why there's the bicameral requirement

If the House is reactionary, they can only pass legislation into law if the Senate accepts and doesn't make changes to it, plus the President has to accept it

Indiana flipped republican just then

Democrats just lost a seat

And cutting out the President accepting things requires a 2/3rds majority from both houses

That makes sense. I've said for a while there's a lot that the UK should adopt from the US system

I like how they've "called" Ohio, with 12% of the vote lol

Cause that makes sense...

If the Senate does make changes to the reactionary House's bill, then the House has to vote on if they accept the changes. If they don't, it's basically dead

So, excluding the formation of political parties, the system is designed to be moderating through the Checks and Balances system

SO

IT LOOKS LIKE THE REPUBLICAN IN CT HAS A GOOD CHANCE

Thats insane

Ned Lamont is completely losing the Rural areas

oh shit, did Florida go Red?

Sorry not an American. CT?

Connecticut

@Fitzydog yeah

I saw 1/8 that Republicans keep the House, and now 4/9? Yeah, they got it

Connecticut or however you spell it