Since control of Capitol Hill may hinge on how these Senate races finish, let's take a look at all the hardworking public servants, enthusiastic hopefuls, and literal criminals who are vying for the right to represent their states in Washington. (Ask Barack Obama.) But so-called “waves” are never guaranteed, and this time, the map is doing the underdogs no favors. It is true that presidents' parties tend to struggle in the midterm elections after their first win. Republicans, meanwhile, must hold on to only one in a state that went for Hillary Clinton. And while Democrats need a measly two wins to flip the upper chamber, they must also defend ten seats in states that went for Trump. The Senate will be a more formidable challenge, however, because of math: Only about one-third of its 100 seats turn over at once. In the House, where all 435 seats are up for grabs every election year, earning a majority is a pretty straightforward task, and right now, betting markets slightly favor Democrats to earn the gavel.
Doing so would allow them to lobby for progressive policies, filibuster judicial nominees, force the administration to answer for its transgressions, and otherwise try and hold the line until, God willing, the party finds someone who can relieve Donald Trump of his duties in 2020. After two years of a unified Republican government that history will remember more for its spectacular, against-all-odds failures-multiple Obamacare repeal attempts, a wildly unpopular tax reform bill, a self-inflicted humanitarian crisis at the border, and so on-than anything else, Democrats at last have the chance to regain control of the legislature in the 2018 midterm elections this November 6th.
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