This year, we had 34 Senators up for re-election. We were told over and over again, that a Trump candidacy would spell the end to GOP dominance in the Senate and, possibly, the House. Neither circumstance proved to be true.
In fact, BECAUSE of the strength of Trump's candidacy, the GOP shockingly continues to control the Senate, losing only two Senate seats in this election.
As a marker of the degree of partisanship in this year's election process, for the first time in American history, every Senate seat was won by the party of the presidential candidate. In other words, those who voted for Hillary also voted for their state's Senator; everyone who voted for Trump also voted for their state's Senator.
According to Larry Sabato and his Crystal Ball, we now know the degree of partisanship in this election . . . . . it was 100% as relates to the Senate contests.
In 2018, the Dems hope this trend does not continue. Of the 25 Democrat Senators up for re-election in that year, 10 of them are in states won by Trump. No one thinks this will happen, but if the pattern of 2016 holds true, the Senate would have 62 GOP Senators and a super majority, similar to the super majority for the Dems in 2009/2010. This would be the case (a super majority) even if the GOP won 8 of 10 seats.
The likelihood of a super majority increases with passing of every day Trump is able to "get the job done." And that, boys and girls, is why you can expect to see a continuation of the childish and salacious attacks of those remain stuck in their socialist past.
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