The majority is at 1 now

  • SuiXi3D
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    97 months ago

    That’s fine, but the seat was held by a democrat previously. Literally the first paragraph of the article.

    • @RapidcreekOP
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      287 months ago

      Technically, the seat was empty until the special election

      • SuiXi3D
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        27 months ago

        Right, but that still doesn’t do what the headline says it does. The Republican majority didn’t change. It didn’t get worse, but it didn’t get any better either.

        • @NotMyOldRedditName
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          7 months ago

          If the seat was empty, it did change.

          Too lazy to look up actual numbers but…

          If it was 6 vs 10 and then a dem retires it becomes 5 vs 10.

          Months pass at 5 vs 10 where they have a larger margin. Then the election happens and it goes back to 6 vs 10.

          Now the margin is smaller again.

          • @[email protected]
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            37 months ago

            This is kind of like talking about my weight. It’s the same now as before, but that week around Easter was a little dicey.

          • @[email protected]
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            17 months ago

            The margin usually refers to the number of votes that they can safely lose in their own party and still have a bill pass, so with the same number of GOP reps the margin shouldn’t change.

            • @NotMyOldRedditName
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              67 months ago

              6 vs 10

              4 person difference. if 2 GOP vote against

              becomes 8 vs 8

              It’s a tie and the bill fails.

              5 vs 10 after rep retires before seat is filled

              if 2 GOP vote against

              becomes 7 vs 8

              GOP passes bill.

              Seat gets filled and it’s now 6 vs 10 again

              Notice how the GOP rep count didn’t change.