suddenly-stella: climateadaptation: dendroica: our-political-revolution: WHAT THIS MEANS: 34 Senate
suddenly-stella:climateadaptation:dendroica:our-political-revolution:WHAT THIS MEANS:34 Senate seats are up for election this year.All 435 House of Representative seats are up for election this year.A total of 469 seats in the US Congress is up for election in November 8, 2016.In order to TAKE BACK the chamber, Democrats need to gain 5 seats.In order to FLIP the chamber, the Democrats need to gain 30 seats. Democrats only have 10 seats to defend while Republicans have 24.Confirmation of a new Supreme Court justice requires 60 votes in the Senate. Should Democrats fail to retake the Senate in 2016, it is unlikely that they will get another opportunity until at least 2020.It’s incredibly important that we place attention not only to the presidential candidates, but to the Senators and Representatives that are up for election this year. For more info about who’s running, please check this website: https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Congress_elections,_2016This is a good reminder to vote in downballot races even if the presidential race isn’t competitive in your state. (It won’t be competitive in mine unless something goes really wrong for the Clinton campaign.) The numbers above are a bit confusing though since they don’t specify which chamber they’re talking about. The 5 seats “to TAKE BACK the chamber” and the “10 seats to defend” refer to the Senate. The Democrats have a good chance of taking back the Senate as long as their incumbents hold serve and Democratic voters turn out in states with Republican incumbents. The 30 seats “to FLIP the chamber” refers to the House. That will be much harder since so many districts are not competitive.Y'all gotta vote.DO NOT JUST VOTE FOR PRESIDENTDON’T EXPECT THINGS TO CHANGE IF YOU DON’T GENUINELY PARTICIPATE IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS -- source link
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