• NotAnOtter@lemmus.orgEnglish
      25·
      10 days ago

      Red had a thin majority in house and senate

      Now blue has a slightly larger senate majority and landslide house. It would not take that much red cooperation to make overruling a veto be possible.

        • NotAnOtter@lemmus.orgEnglish
          8·
          10 days ago

          Yeah I don’t have faith in the Dems. Very happy maga movement is dead obviously but Dems are owned opposition, I’m expecting a whole lot of nothing over the next 2 years followed by campaigns centered on the lack of action from Dems.

      • potatomuncher@lemmy.ca
        5·
        10 days ago

        What are the chances of cooperation?

        They’ve been operating like a cult for the most part. Will they disobey their dear leader?

        • NotAnOtter@lemmus.orgEnglish
          3·
          10 days ago

          It really depends on how close to a supermajority the Dems get on their own. It’s expected for Trump to take some radical military action in the next few weeks, that could be the trigger to unify them around either restricting his power or fully removing him from office.

          I would put the odds of super majority action at “quite low” but during my entire life time the odds have been “hahahahahahahahahahaha I forgot that existed”

      • Squizzy@lemmy.world
        2·
        10 days ago

        If they dont immediately remove Trump then the VP will be running as an incumbent for two more elections. The pedos need trump in office for the two year mark to ensure vp gets two terms

        • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
          7·
          10 days ago

          i dont think vance is electable as a president, they need someone like “trump” and i doubt any other candidate can outrump trump.

          • Squizzy@lemmy.world
            2·
            10 days ago

            Yeah but it was the backup plan, he will get the office if they impeach. If they dont impeach until Jan then he gets to run for two terms instead of one. They own the media and are clearly willing to spend big on getting their way and a single election is easier interfere with.

      • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        10 days ago

        It would not take that much red cooperation to make overruling a veto be possible.

        Theoretically, yes.

        But I’m not optimistic that it will actually happen.

        • lost_faith@lemmy.ca
          1·
          10 days ago

          Gotta be a few reps that can see the writing on the wall and will abandon turnip for their very survival in 28, then again…

  • DeadEndLink@lemmy.ca
    4·
    10 days ago

    News agencies are calling this a historic blowout, but from an external onlookers perspective, isn’t this really close?

    • too_high_for_this@lemmy.world
      5·
      10 days ago

      It’s still too close, but that’s just how our (shitty) system works. Most seats aren’t going to flip. Alabama will always vote Republican and California will always vote Democrat, so our focus is really only on the close races.

      We gained 25 seats in the House, seven in the Senate and five governors. That’s a huge swing.

    • sit@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      4·
      10 days ago

      As a German laymans pov:

      • ~50% higher
      • ~25% higher
      • 100% higher

      Im pov These are significant differences