It is possible that some seats will count 100% of votes without a winner becoming apparent because of laws that trigger an automatic recount in races that are very close. It may also impact the change figures seen on the House results summary bar. The redistricting means that in a few seats there are two incumbent representatives competing for a new district. Redrawing of House districts this year following the 2020 census mean AP is not reporting “flips”, or seats where the sitting party changes. The results are provided by the Associated Press, or AP, who have rigorous criteria for “calling” election races that is, for reporting a winner. They are difficult for sitting presidents because the presidential party often does badly in them, and because losing control of Congress makes it more difficult for the president to pursue his or her agenda. These elections are called midterms because they happen in the middle of a four-year presidential term.
(In practice the casting vote more often went to Joe Manchin, a Democratic senator representing a largely Republican state). In the Senate, a 50-50 split would mean a casting vote went to the vice-president, Kamala Harris. Going into the election the Democratic party of the president, Joe Biden, controlled both chambers of Congress, but by very narrow margins. Their impact is mostly local to their own state, but because they can affect electoral law or practice, they can affect future federal elections. Senators have some additional responsibilities compared with their colleagues in the House chiefly these have to do with confirming (or not) presidential appointments. Legislation has to pass both chambers to become law. In every even-numbered year, roughly one-third of senators are elected for a six-year term. The upper chamber, the Senate, has 100 seats two for each state, however populous. House seats are broadly proportional to population, so California has lots of seats but Montana only a few. (There are no term limits, and incumbents are often returned, so there is substantial continuity in the membership).
MIDTERM ELECTION RESULT FULL
Unfortunately for the GOP, bedlam could be on full display this summer and fall if there is a brawl over raising the debt ceiling or a potential government shutdown.All 435 seats in the lower chamber of the federal congress, the House of Representatives, are re-elected every two years. But perception of the GOP’s most-extreme ideologies don’t help Republicans with middle-of-the-road voters who are exhausted by mayhem. It marked a full 10 point decline for the president since April 2021. That’s down three points from January of last year. The President’s overall job performance rating clocked in at 44%.
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A mere 31% supported his approach to inflation. A Fox News poll found that only 36% of all voters embraced the way Biden handled the economy. So as McCarthy enters his second month in the Speakership, he faces a challenge of governing. Some handicappers expected the party to flip up to 50 seats. That’s one reason Republicans failed to capture the Senate and partly why the GOP made only minimal gains in the House. Polling data after the 2022 midterm elections suggested that voters rejected chaos fueled by candidates aligned with former President Trump. That’s why some may hope for a modicum of congressional serenity.
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