WOW, the numbers in the House, AMAZINGLY close, and may still get CLOSER, within 1 or 2 of a majority!

[elleng]

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Just listing to C. Hayes discussing w Jasmine Crockett.

HOUSE SPECIAL ELECTION fund! Repugs WORKING on them!

The Voter Protection Project

(www.protectvoting.org)

[RockRaven]

1. Not really. There will be special elections to refill the seats vacated by nominees.

The time it takes will vary by state, but the seats won't be vacant for long. The water will find its level sooner than later.

And the vote margin in the House is always variable throughout the term anyway, with 435 seats generally held by older people and no appointments possible. So the vote margin today isn't the vote margin tomorrow, never mind the whole term as a rule.

[arthritisR_US]

2. Please stick to football because you're depressing me😞

[elleng]

3. Right, how about Dems look to PICK UP those seats,

repugs being such sh*t heads!

[arthritisR_US]

4. I cannot disagree mate!

[onecaliberal]

12. At most the margin will be 5. Closer than it was in the last session.

[arthritisR_US]

5. My dream, my wish!

[H2O Man]

6. Recommended.

[onenote]

7. In all likelihood, the final total will be 220 R, 215 D.

For a period of time, pending the outcome of special elections to fill the seats being vacated by Gaetz, Stefanik and Waltz, it will be 217, 215D. Alll three of the special elections are in districts that the R's won with over 60 percent of the vote, which means, being realistic, all three will stay in repub hands. The only one that i could even conceive of flipping is Stefanik's district in New York, which is only rated R+4, although the fact she got 62% of the vote suggests it might be a tough race to flip.

[Rstrstx]

8. So we'll just need to net +3 in 2026 to take back the House?

Sounds more than do-able, didn’t we flip like 40 in 2018?

[elleng]

9. YES, IMO,

MORE than do-able, and note during the 1-2 years, repugs will be wrecking things, so we'll actually have AMMUNITION!!!

[OhioBack2Blue]

15. Ammunition

We just had motherloads of ammo against Excrement & co. and Plouffe barely used any. 🤬

[elleng]

10. YES, AOC noted SUCH!!! HUGE flip in the past!

https://www.alternet.org/aoc-midterm-dems/?

[Rhiannon12866]

11. Here's the video for those who missed it, the numbers discussion is at 5:16:

'Buckle up, Buttercup': Rep. Crockett sounds alarm over Trump economic agenda - All In - MSNBC
https://democraticunderground.com/132136058

[Old Crank]

13. All the elections to fill vacancies

Will be after Trump is inaugurated. His policies, anf tariffs might help.
Might not be enough so soon though.

[elleng]

14. 2 years, any bets on WHETHER it will be enough?

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His policies, anf tariffs SURE as hell SHOULD help, no lily-livered MIGHT help! (Sorry, Crank, THAT's the way it MUST be!)

The People OVER the Plutocrats.

WHO SHOULD LEAD THE PARTY???

[Midnight Writer]

16. The good news is that part of their majority is made up of Freedom Caucus assholes

who will seemingly block anything on a whim.

Look for a push for a government shutdown very early on.

They may seem to goosestep in order, but their party is all about chaos and confusion.