Current Events > Fuck the presidental election for a sec.Someone give me the breakdown for Senate

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What's the deal there atm?
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Democrats are unlikely to get majority

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probably 52 R. a couple longshots in play, but don't plan on the senate doing anything for the next two years.

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not good.

https://www.bbc.com/news/election/us2020/results

Scroll down to the "Congress" section.

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Moscow Mitch reigns supreme

what are the democrats hopes in 2022?

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Mezcla posted...

Moscow Mitch reigns supreme

what are the democrats hopes in 2022?

Executive orders

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Best case scenario is a 50/50 split, but that will take some Alabama level weirdness in the Georgia run off.

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Mezcla posted...

Moscow Mitch reigns supreme

what are the democrats hopes in 2022?

pretty good. it was the projected flip year before all the "blue wave" stuff potentially moved things up.

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basically nothing is happening until 2022 at the earliest even if biden wins. though to be fair im not sure that wouldnt have been true regardless

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Irony posted...

Mezcla posted...

Moscow Mitch reigns supreme

what are the democrats hopes in 2022?

Executive orders

That Mitch McConnell is dead
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Senate currently sitting at

48 R
45 D
2 I

There's still 5 seats outstanding

3 are leaning R, 1 is leaning D, and 1 is the Georgia runoff in January for Loeffler

E: That being said, 1 of the seats leaning R is also in Georgia and if that falls below 50% with the rest of the votes to come in then Georgia will have two runoffs. 1 of the other seats is Tillis in NC and there's still an outside chance that flips.
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i mentioned it in another topic...

what if Biden offers a cabinet position to a republican in a state with a democratic governor? think any of them would accept?

edit: if it settles at 51 / 47+2

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Democrats blew it. So far, they've won Colorado and Arizona, and lost everywhere else. They've lost Maine and Iowa, and didn't even come close in Montana, South Carolina, Kentucky, Alabama(the only one which they held), Mississippi, or any of the other places they invested hundreds of millions of dollars.
Georgia is going to a run-off of Raphael Warnock vs. Kelly Loeffler, and the other one might go to a run-off if Perdue drops below 50%. Both Republicans should be considered the favorite to win in the run-off regardless, unfortunately.
At least Gary Peters seems to have held on in Michigan.

So, the Dems needed to gain a net of 3-4 seats(3 now that Biden seems to have it), and they gained a net of 1. My gut feeling is that the Dems essentially treating the Coney-Barrett nomination as a normal nomination process(complete with Feinstein hugging Lindsey Graham and thanking him for conducting such a great hearing) helped to not only normalize Coney-Barrett, but take heat off of vulnerable Republican incumbents.

pelosi needs to step aside for some young blood dont care who aslong as its not her or schumer

Jesus dems are getting slaughtered compared to the pools. 48 D was considered on the low end of likely outcomes where they take control and it looks like that ain't happening

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Current projections predict that there will be 100 senators

berlyman101 posted...

Jesus dems are getting slaughtered compared to the pools. 48 D was considered on the low end of likely outcomes where they take control and it looks like that ain't happening

it really cannot be overstated how off the polls were about most of the senate races and places like Florida

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