All 435 seats are being contested in the House, while 35 in the Senate are up for grabs. Current seat distribution:
House (435)
235 Republican
193 Democrat
7 vacant
Senate (35)
24* Democrat
9* Republican
2 Independent
(*corrected, sorry!)
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to predict the outcome in both.
To make my job easier, please copy the structure provided above and edit accordingly, ensuring your numbers add up to 435 and 35 respectively.
Tie breaker: Predict the outcome of Menendez[D] vs Hugin[R] in New Jersey.
Winner (or winners) will receive their choice of a book from the SDA Free Book Library.
Related: Mid-term watch list.
Reference: Table of state, territorial, and federal results (Wikipedia)
No chatter on this thread, please. I’ll open a results watch thread later in the day.
At what point do elections simply become illegitimate, and you need to invoke an armed struggle to influence your political fortunes?
Democrats 235 Republicans 200 = 435 in House
Democrats 20 Republicans 15
So the Democrats sweep both houses.
House: 235 Democrat 200 Republican
Senate: 23 Democrat 12 Republican
So the Democrats win both houses.
No there are 100 senators so you lose.
I reckon if the repubs pick up 3 senate seats they will pick up most of the congresspeoplekinds with those.
North Dakota + 1 (independent stays)
Missouri +2
Indiana +2
Therefore my answer is
Senate
Dem 21
Rep 12
Ind 2
House
Vacant 4 -> dems 3 -> reps
Totals
Reps 241
Dems 194
House (435)
245 Republican
190 Democrat
Senate (35)
20 Democrat
14 Republican
1 Independent
House (435)
221 Republican
214 Democrat
Senate (35)
19 Democrat
15 Republican
1 Independent
House (435)
240 Republican
195 Democrat
Senate (35)
17* Democrat
16* Republican
2 Independent
House slim GOP majority
Senate 54 to 55 seat GOP majority
Governors races 26 to 28 seat GOP majority.