Summary
The Republican Party is poised to hold a historically narrow House majority, with current projections showing 220 GOP seats to Democrats’ 215.
This would be the smallest majority since the Hoover administration.
Resignations by three Republican representatives, including Matt Gaetz, could further shrink the margin to 217–215, allowing a single defector to block legislation.
The tight results undermine Republican claims of a 2024 electoral landslide, as Donald Trump’s popular-vote margin over Kamala Harris has narrowed significantly since election night.
more infighting amongst republicants hopefully means nothing gets done for two years.
what would be really entertaining is a few of them jump ship and vote with the minority… giving the gavel and committee chairs to democrats.
But we’re in the bad timeline, so a congressional logjam means that he takes lots of executive actions, the bought SCOTUS lets him and Congress can’t pass anything to stop him.
Yeah, I’ve been disappointed enough this past decade. I’ll call it the Trump Rule: Things will always be worse than you imagine.
The jumping can happen both ways
I worry a lot more about Dems appeasing the GOP at this moment. Unlike Trumps first election, there is now basically no resistance, and there’s already infighting among Democrats. Someone who unites the party must stand up now, or I don’t see any improvement in the midterms.
If you’re expecting resistance, don’t look at the Democratic Party. Resistance will come from the grassroots or not at all.
They’re not Democrats. They don’t campaign on one thing and discover just enough votes to block it.