US Senate and House of Representatives Elections Vote Same Day November 4, 7:48
In the United States, parliamentary Senate and House elections are held in conjunction with the presidential election, focusing on whether the Republican Party can maintain the majority in the Senate or the Democratic Party will become the majority in both the Senate and the House for the first time in about 10 years. It has become.
Parliament has the authority to submit bills and impeach and prosecute the president, and the party that takes the initiative has a great influence on American politics.
Currently, the Senate is dominated by the Republican Party and the House of Representatives is dominated by the Democratic Party.
If the Democratic Party becomes a majority in both the House and Senate as a result of the election, even if President Trump is reelected, he will not be able to carry out the policy as he wishes.
Conversely, if former Vice President Biden regains power and the Republicans continue to dominate the Senate, the same situation will occur.
On the other hand, if the president and the House of Representatives become the Democratic Party, it is expected that the policy policy of the US government will change significantly since 2009 when former President Obama took office.
About the Senate election
The Republican Party has been the majority in the Senate since 2015, with 53 pre-election Republicans accounting for the majority of the 100 capacity, 45 Democrats, including two Democrats who are unaffiliated. There will be 47 people.
There are two senators in each state, and every two years, 33 to 34 seats, which is one-third of the capacity, will be re-elected, but this time 35 seats will be re-elected with the addition of by-elections.
Looking at the breakdown, there are 23 Republicans and 12 Democrats.
Of these, Western Arizona is a state where the Republican Party is traditionally strong in the hometown of former Senator McCain, a Republican leader who died in August 2018, but according to the political information site "Real Clear Politics", various The Democratic Party leads the pollster average.
In addition, the Democratic Party is leading or in close quarters in western Colorado and other states, and US media reports that the Democratic Party may recapture the majority of the Senate.
About the House of Commons election
The House of Representatives has a capacity of 435 people and elections are held every two years in all seats.
The number of seats in each state is based on population and varies from state to state.
The pre-election parliamentary composition is 232 Democrats, 197 Republicans, and the Democratic majority.
The US media reports that the Democratic Party is likely to continue to be the majority in the House of Representatives, as the Democratic Party has many incumbent constituencies.
According to a research institute at Rutgers University in New Jersey, the number of female candidates in this Congressional House election is 298, a record high, well above the 234 in the midterm election two years ago, which was the highest ever. ..
Of these, the Democratic Party has 204 and the Republican Party has 94, and at least about 40%, or 115, are non-white, such as blacks and Asians.