Do you remember my prediction of GOP taking 68-69 seats? According to WIKI GOP gained 64 seats and 5 are still uncalled. The total gain can still be 69. As a comparison, the closest blood bath was in 1994, when Clinton caused a loss of 52 seats. Republicans also gained 680 seats in state assemblies. This is enormous.
Posted on | November 13, 2010 | 1 Comment
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All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives and 5 (of the 6) non-voting members | |||||||
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Majority party | Minority party | ||||||
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Leader | John Boehner | Nancy Pelosi | |||||
Party | Republican | Democratic | |||||
Leader’s seat | Ohio-8th | California-8th | |||||
Last election | 178 seats, 40.9% | 257 seats, 59.1% | |||||
Seats before | 179 seats (including 1 vacancy), 41.1% | 256 seats (including 1 vacancy), 58.9% | |||||
Seats won | 240 [1] | 190 [1][2] | |||||
Seat change | +64 | -66 (5 uncalled) | |||||
Popular vote | 43,879,934 [3] | 37,492,325 | |||||
Percentage | 52.2% | 44.6% | |||||
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Results:
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Speaker before election Elected Speaker |
The 2010 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 2, 2010, halfway through President Barack Obama‘s first term in office. Elections were held for all 435 seats, representing the 50 U.S. states.
Republicans made a net gain of 64 seats from Democrats and retook control of the chamber which they lost in the 2006 midterm elections. This number is the highest of any House victory for a single party since 1948, and the highest of any midterm election since 1938.[4][5] While the party controlling the White House usually loses seats in a midterm election, losses for the Democratic Party were above average and were attributed to high unemployment (which averaged close to 10% for the year) caused by the Financial crisis of 2007–2010, the passage of the unpopular Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,[6] low Republican exposure (they had lost a total of 55 seats to the Democrats in the previous two elections) and higher than usual voter turnout of older and more conservative voters (25% of all electorate in this cycle were 65 and older).[7] Overall turnout was over 3% higher than in the last midterm elections.
The winners of this election cycle will serve in the 112th United States Congress. This is expected to be the last congressional election using congressional districts apportioned based on the 2000 United States Census.
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November 15th, 2010 @ 10:08 am
I have a problem with the overall premise of your article but I still think its really informative. I really like your other posts. Keep up the great work. If you can add more video and pictures can be much better. Because they help much clear understanding. 🙂 thanks Samantha.