| ID | 133167 |
| Title Proper | Battle for the U.S. Senate |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Cook, Charles E |
| Publication | 2014. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The battle for control of the U.S. House of Representatives was over before it even started, but the fight for control of the U.S. Senate is proving to be a knock-down, drag-out affair that could easily go either way.
Control of the U.S. House is pretty much a settled affair. Republicans occupy 93 percent of the congressional districts that GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney carried in 2012, and Democrats hold 96 percent of the districts that Obama won. As a result, there are very few "fish out of water," or Republicans sitting in Democratic-leaning districts or Democrats in GOP-tilting districts. Yes, there are a large number of open House seats this cycle, but most are in districts which safely belong to one side or the other. It would seem that the next realistic shot Democrats have at winning control of the House would come in 2022, after the next round of redistricting takes place in 2021. The 2018 and 2020 gubernatorial and state legislative elections will determine which party in each state has the dominant hand in the redistricting process. Republicans had it in most states in 2011, and Democrats want it badly in 2021. |
| `In' analytical Note | Washington Quarterly Vol.37, No.2; Sum.2014: p.159-163 |
| Journal Source | Washington Quarterly Vol.37, No.2; Sum.2014: p.159-163 |
| Key Words | United States - US ; US Senate ; Democracy ; US Politics ; GOP ; Election ; Political Process |