The Senate, where the GOP holds 53 seats, remains a toss-up, the conservative outlet says

The Senate, where the GOP holds 53 seats, remains a toss-up, the conservative outlet says

For the first time this year, Fox News is projecting that Democrats will win control of the House of Representatives in November’s midterm elections.

In its latest power rankings Tuesday, the conservative outlet forecast that Democrats are favored to capture 219 seats — one more than the 218 needed for a majority. Republicans were favored in 198 races, while 18 contests remained toss-ups.

“The House is likely out of reach for the GOP this year,” according to the Fox News analysis. “The Democratic Party has enjoyed a lead in the House all year. Now, as another 20 races shift leftward, this forecast sees the Democrats taking control.”

  • mycodesucks@lemmy.world
    91·
    1 day ago

    Once they take the house and the senate, they can stop all that negative legislation that’s been passing, like…

    uhhh…

    ummmm…

    …don’t get me wrong… everyone should absolutely still vote, but even a massive victory is going to fix fuck all, and we should all be prepared for that.

    • MagicShel@lemmy.zipEnglish
      9·
      1 day ago

      Winning the house and senate would curb the Trump admin considerably. The admin will be playing defense rather than offense and democrats can issue subpoenas. Are we surely going to stop contributing to the Palestinian genocide? Probably not, but there’s a chance the progressive wing could withhold support for key votes and demand concessions — in much the same way the ultra conservative wing of the Republican Party prevented them from passing some of their agenda.

      • king_comrade@lemmy.world
        71·
        1 day ago

        I just doubt the democrats have the political will to make any real moves other than some symbolic blocks. I think the Dems run a cleaner show but they are functionally very similar to the Republicans. What does their platform even stand for these days?

        • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          19 hours ago

          At the very least it could result in a pulling out of Iran and blocking any further attempts to fund Trump’s nonsense. Hell if they need to it’d make holding up funding a lot easier since a lot of agencies work on rather short term budgets, sure ICE may have enough budget for ages but what about say the ATF, Secret Service, or military?