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Jan 27, 2026
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Will democrats take majority in congress in 2026

are in position to retake the House in 2026 according to polls and multiple independent forecasters, but control of the Senate is much less certain; a House majority is plausible and even likely in ma...

Dec 4, 2025
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Which Senate seats are up for election in 2026?

The 2026 U.S. Senate map will include the regularly scheduled Class 2 cycle — 33 seats — plus at least two special elections that some outlets count, producing either 33 or 35 contests depending on th...

Jan 21, 2026
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What is the current Senate party breakdown and how many Democratic senators would be needed to convict a president in 2026?

The currently contains 53 s, 45 Democrats and 2 independents who caucus with Democrats (effectively giving the caucus 47 votes for organizational purposes) . To convict a president in an impeachment t...

Dec 4, 2025

Which 2026 Senate seats are up for reelection and which are considered toss-ups or competitive?

Thirty‑five Senate seats are widely reported as up in 2026 when counting two special elections (Florida and Ohio); most trackers count 33 Class II regular seats plus those specials, with 22–23 held by...

Nov 5, 2025

house senate seats after 2026 elections

The key claim—predicting the exact composition of the U.S. House and Senate after the 2026 elections—is not supported by definitive forecasts in the provided materials; current tools and ratings show ...

Dec 5, 2025

Which Senate seats could flip party control in 2026 based on current polling?

Current reporting and polling-focused trackers identify a short list of Senate races likely to be competitive in 2026: vulnerable Democratic incumbents include Jon Ossoff (Georgia) and seats in Michig...

Dec 1, 2025

Which swing states will decide the 2026 Senate map and why?

The 2026 Senate map turns on a small cluster of swing states: Georgia and Michigan are the two most critical Democratic-held targets, with North Carolina and Maine also central to both sides’ paths, a...

Jan 26, 2026

Which tech companies formally terminated ICE contracts, and when did they do so?

is the clearest documented example of a tech firm that formally terminated an contract — the company confirmed termination of a pending deal in September 2020 . Other firms have publicly declined to r...

Dec 3, 2025

Which Republican senators are running for re-election in 2026 and which seats are open?

As of the sources provided, 35 Senate seats will be contested on Nov. 3, 2026 (33 regular + 2 special), and Republicans begin the cycle defending roughly 20–23 of those seats depending on the tracker ...

Jan 20, 2026

Did Joe Biden or any other candidate win the 2024 popular vote?

The 2024 popular vote was won by Republican nominee Donald Trump, not Joe Biden; Trump received roughly 77.27 million votes to Democratic nominee Kamala Harris’s roughly 74.98 million, a margin of abo...

Jan 15, 2026

Which U.S. counties gained the most unauthorized residents between 2019 and 2023, and what local factors explain those gains?

Migration Policy Institute analysts estimate the unauthorized immigrant population rose sharply between 2019 and mid‑2023—roughly 3 million additional people nationally—and MPI produced county‑level p...

Dec 13, 2025

Which House districts are most competitive in 2026?

Cook, Sabato, Reuters and party operatives all point to a wide, shifting battleground rather than a single short list: dozens of districts are "toss‑up" or "in play," with the DCCC naming 35 Republica...

Nov 9, 2025

Which major corporations publicly ended contracts with ICE and in what year did they act?

Publicly available, recent reporting and the supplied analyses show , with one clear corporate example—Chef—ending a contract in 2019. Most documented actions in the supplied material concern local go...

Dec 12, 2025

What is the 2026 Senate class breakdown and which class is up for election?

The regular 2026 Senate cycle will primarily be the Class 2 contests: 33 Class 2 seats are up for regular election, a map that currently includes 20 Republican-held seats and 13 Democratic-held seats ...

Dec 10, 2025

Which states have the most contested gerrymanders and which party benefited most in each?

Texas, Missouri, North Carolina, Florida and several other states are the epicenters of high-profile, contested mid‑decade redistricting fights; Texas’s new congressional map alone is projected to net...

Dec 3, 2025

Which 2025–2026 special House elections are most likely to flip control of the chamber?

Republicans hold a slim 219–213 House majority entering the 119th Congress, with at least six special elections expected in 2025–2026 that could shift that margin . Because Democrats need to net only ...

Jan 24, 2026

DO 99% of scientists agree that climate change is caused by human activities? if not, what do 99% agree on, and where does that come from?

The short answer is: not always in the literal phrasing “,” because the precise percent depends on which study, which population (all scientists vs. climate specialists vs. peer‑reviewed papers) and w...

Dec 15, 2025

Which specific House districts in battleground states are most likely to flip in 2026?

Democrats need a net gain of three House seats to win the majority in 2026, and party campaign arms have already identified a concentrated battleground: the DCCC lists roughly 35 Republican-held targe...

Nov 7, 2025

What national factors could influence which party wins the House in 2026?

National factors that will most strongly shape which party controls the House in 2026 are . Forecasts and models in early- to late-2025 show a competitive environment with several plausible paths to a...

Oct 30, 2025

What are the most competitive congressional districts in California for the 2024 election?

California produced a long list of competitive U.S. House contests in 2024, with analysts repeatedly flagging roughly a dozen districts as battlegrounds that could determine House control. , with seve...