“33 Senate Seats are on the ballot”
LMFAO.
Let me introduce you to Staggered Elections
Only Maine’s seat is even winnable, the other ones up for relection in 2026 are all safe Blue or Safe Red states
Currently its 53-47. Highly doubt that Dems can win 3 in Red States. (Unless we get a White Boi Hillbilly Revolution?)
The House cannot block juidicial nominations.
Judicial nominations are not subject to Filibuster.
So…
Not to be a pessimist, but…
Looks like an uphill battle…
😕
Edit:
Ask yourselves: Which of the red seats can Dems flip in 2026? (Grey ones are not up for election, only one seat is up for election per state due to staggered elections)
Despite this, you should still go vote! But don’t get too excited. Its not safe until fascists are out of executive power.
Ah yes, impeach the already twice impeached, 34 time convicted felon
These cunts don’t care about law so stop taking the high road, when they go low, kick them in the fucking teeth
Well with a bulletproof majority we could do that.
Not counting fucking piece of shit Sinemas/Manchins. Actual Democratic leaders. People younger than 65 who want to break this fascist headlock.
vote like it in checks notes a year and a half… we need to be acting now and not waiting for elections.
Nothing stopping us.
But a bunch of people around here have no intention of voting Democrat and so finding their person, getting the signatures, raising some money, getting on the ballot, it’s all going to take time.
If you can’t be arsed to change your local party, find a new one or GTFO. Last August we had a truckload of people just proud as a pig in shit that they weren’t going to vote. Fuck that.
It’s not enough to just elect Democrats. Ok technically Democrats would have 67 votes in the Senate if they flipped every single Republican seat, which would be just enough to convict. But that’s not happening.
Instead, there needs to be a movement by anti Trump forces from across the spectrum to primary Republicans and replace them with anti Trump candidates. That effort needs to start now.
Which will never happen because Trump has support of like 95% of Republicans. Still.
Which party do I vote for to get him impeached? Democrats just overwhelmingly struck down a motion to impeach.
True, true. Go with the party that impeached him twice the first time around.
So just ignore what’s going on right now? That’s like saying I should vote republican if I care about black rights because they abolished slavery.
Understand what’s going on right now.
Could you help me out with that? Between this, the Laken Riley act, the support of the bombing of Iran, the support of the genocide, and the opposition to Zohran, the dems look like they quite like Trump, so I guess I just don’t understand. Or should we buckle up for more performative whine ins like Corey Booker did?
B-but what if I just want to be like 90% of Lemmies and bitch about bOtH sIDeS and how the “Democrats are 98% Hitler” but literally not want do the bare minimum (voting) so that Republicans can win again and I get to keep bitching?
It’s a bold stance but we have to dig deep and find the fucks to give.
its hilarious that people still think “going through the proper channels” is going to work. you’re playing a game with someone who has cheats activated. playing by the rules aint gonna work if the guy you’re playing against rewrites the rules whenever he feels like.
Sure, hopeless. It’s understandable. But we got in a few times and we can do it again if we unite. A clear platform, a slate of dedicated candidates and some breakthrough messaging. It CAN be done.
The bad news is we actually have to do it. The corporate news isn’t going to help until it makes them money.
If democratic voters can’t even get motivated enough to fill out a piece of paper (or press a button on a screen), how do you expect there to be enough motivation for a revolt?
After what I’ve seen the last 10 years I have absolutely zero faith that Americans can make this happen. I’d actually put money on them continuing to empower the traitorous Republican party and continue our descent into authoritarianism.
But I’ll still show up and vote against them, like I always do.
your last chance was Nov 2024
Articles of impeachment were just in front of the house
DEMOCRATS voted them down.
What the fuck is the point of voting?
Gonna have to vote out the shit Democrats and vote in progressives
Vote blue no matter who is out-- primary goddamned everybody is in
Yep - red party is actively hostile. Blue party is cowardly or outright wearing red undershirts under their blue suits.
We need primaries and general election wins.
It depends on if you really want to know.
TL;DR: because voting is a right and a duty
I agree it’s ducking maddening
The rationale behind the most recent articles of impeachment were unprecedented and kind of nonsense.
Well, all the people you voted for are bad, and they’re in power because you voted for them.
Now I wonder, what’s the point of voting actually is. A mystery, really.
We’ve been doing this shit for a decade now. It’s not working, the system is broken, we should try something else. Yelling VOTED HARDER has failed.
Also, don’t put status quo Democrats on those ballots, especially ones who voted to table impeachment earlier this week.
Remember folks, every vote counts. We did this to ourselves.
I’ve said it before elsewhere but it needs to be heard…
It’s just wild to me continually seeing posts not understanding how this all works, and how it would play out. It’s like the people who thought China paid the tariffs…
The house is almost tied. That’s who passes bills, handles impeachments, some of the most powerful committees are, and who impeaches Presidents…
218 Republicans, 213 Democrats.
Let’s see, take New York for example.
26 representatives total, 19 Democrat and 7 Republican.
5 of those were within 2 points last time their seat was up.
People who think that New York is blue, their vote doesn’t matter, skips the votes for the House and Senate and end up losing a Blue house seat but later complain that nothing changes are literally the fucking problem.
Every. Fucking. State. Is. Like. This.
Apathetic morons who don’t realize that the president is only held accountable by the other branch of government then wave their hands around when they did jack shit to help put people in place to, are the fucking problem.
District 3 of California was lost by 24,000 votes. District 22 was lost by 3,000.
Those two seats in the house, along with the close ones in New York, Jersey, Michigan, Illinois, Washington, hell every state… Are what makes the House of Representatives or breaks it.
So, if you think that your vote for president doesn’t matter, so you skip voting and let these other seats slip, yes, you’re a fucking moron who can’t grasp basic concepts of government that are taught in 4th grade.
And don’t get me started on the State House/Senates, how they define voting laws and voting zones and engage in gerrymandering.
Every fucking vote counts.
And until the country realizes it, and starts acting on it, we’ll keep getting the shit we deserve.
House needs a simple majority, and two thirds of the Senate.
Democrats would need ~18 seats.
First, that won’t happen in 2026.
Even the best cases make it hard to win enough by 2028. Which is why impeachment is just not something we can hold out for.
Gerrymandering is part of why this is a problem, which is done at the local level, and again why every vote counts.
How could it play out? Assuming some absurdly weird upside down world just opposite of what we’re living in, this is the only path just looking at the numbers…
Again, Democrats would need to gain 18 net seats. Seats Potentially in Play (Republican Incumbents): This requires looking at seats up in upcoming cycles.
- Class 1 Seats (Up in 2026):
- Highly Competitive Targets: These would be the first priority. States where Democrats have won statewide recently or that lean only slightly Republican. Examples based on recent political history might include:
- North Carolina (Budd-R)
- Alaska (Sullivan-R) - Unique dynamics with ranked-choice voting.
- Stretch Targets: States that are more Republican but could potentially flip under exceptionally favorable conditions (like the hypothetical turnout).
- Iowa (Ernst-R)
- Montana (Daines-R) - Depends heavily on candidate matchups.
- Kentucky (McConnell-R’s seat - potential retirement changes dynamics)
- Kansas (Marshall-R)
- South Carolina (Graham-R)
- Very Difficult Targets: Solidly Republican states requiring overwhelming Democratic turnout and significant shifts among other voters.
- Texas (Cornyn-R)
- Mississippi (Wicker-R)
- Alabama (Tuberville-R)
- West Virginia (Capito-R)
- Oklahoma (Mullin-R - Special election winner)
- Wyoming (Lummis-R)
- Idaho (Risch-R)
- Arkansas (Cotton-R)
- Nebraska (Ricketts-R)
- South Dakota (Rounds-R)
- Louisiana (Cassidy-R) - Jungle primary system.
- Highly Competitive Targets: These would be the first priority. States where Democrats have won statewide recently or that lean only slightly Republican. Examples based on recent political history might include:
- Class 2 Seats (Up in 2028): (Looking further ahead)
- Highly Competitive Targets:
- Maine (Collins-R) - Often competitive, depends on matchup.
- Georgia (Perdue/Ossoff dynamic showed competitiveness, depends who holds it after '26 potentially) - Assuming GOP holds a seat here.
- Stretch Targets:
- Michigan (Peters-D currently, but listing potential GOP flips back if one happened hypothetically before 2028) - Generally leans D, but could be contested.
- New Hampshire (Shaheen-D currently) - Generally leans D, but listing potential GOP flips back.
- Very Difficult Targets: (Many solidly Republican states)
- Tennessee (Hagerty-R)
- Alaska (Murkowski-R historically, depends on dynamics)
- North Carolina (Tillis-R)
- Iowa (Grassley-R seat potentially)
- Texas (Cruz-R)
- Kentucky (Paul-R)
- And many others similar to the 2026 list (SC, AL, MS, WY, ID, NE, SD, KS, WV, OK).
- Highly Competitive Targets:
It’s going to take an absolutely historic level of pain to both drive enough people to vote MAGA out to make this change though.
The amount that’s being excused, sanewashed, and just drowned out with other absurdities…
We’re on all on this shit ride until some new wildcard comes into play.
No impeachment, no Supreme Court, no guardrail is going to change that.
Something new and unaccounted for is the only feasible catalyst.
I’m not American and I wish you guys the very best, but my expectations for the 2026 elections is on par with the elections in Russia. Every non republican candidate may end up in jail or out of a window.
Unfortunately as someone who lives here and has no choice but to watch it, I think you’re right.
Far too many of my countrymen are just complacent in letting this happen.
Totally get all of that, but U cant help but look at McConnell’s seat and remember how Schumer and co rejected the exciting young candidate and instead forced a PRO-TRUMP “democrat” to challenge him.
It’s simple: if you think you can challenge a red conservative with a blue conservative, the red conservative will win every time. Blue conservatives are just carpetbaggers to the voters.
The challenger to conservatism is progressivism. If you don’t actually provide a choice you WILL lose.
- Class 1 Seats (Up in 2026):
Remember to vote in new blood that’s not afraid to impeach a fascist. Refer to this list for the Dems you need to vote out: Fascist-Enabler Democrats Vote Against Impeachment
That’s good, but instead of a list of who not to vote for, howabout a list of who to vote for?
Considering that primary campaigns largely haven’t started for '26, that’s going to be a difficult list to compile. “Who not to vote for” is a good start in light of that.
Fair enough. It’s just going to sneak up on us like everything else. After the holidays, I suppose. (He says. In June.)
Basically any progressive challenger to anyone who has been in Washington 12 years or more.
In the primaries, right?
Why wait? The amount of people and goodwill to do this would have the same effect if the same people started striking today.
Strike. Today.
Many people would be homeless off of one missed paycheck.
Many people will be homeless with rising income inequality, the draining of social security, and fascist isolationist policy. We will all be dead when global warming goes unaddressed.
Rip the bandaid off. Act now, the longer you wait the worse the fallout will be.
Without organisation, without plans, political will, without communities, without people to implement all that, without grassroots structures, you can’t achieve shit even if you somehow convince the whole country to strike. And when you start building those, you discover that you already have pretty good mechanisms in place to achieve your political goals, you don’t even need strike.
You don’t have the bandaid that needs to be ripped, you’re having a hearth attack and you need serious medical attention.If you cant orginize a strike you cant end 30+ years of political gridlock.
Id even argue you’d have much more success with a strike because of the stratification of the political system. Raw number weild more power with a strike compared to the fractured political power of the US government.
It’s the other way around actually, if we’re talking about general strike, one that really matters. A well put together union can organise a small strike that will achieve nothing and show nothing to nobody, but spend all their resources. But there is a reason, every serious talk about a big strike with people who know what they’re talking about starts with “well, we can think of something by 2029”
And how long has the DNC been trying to amass power?
All Im saying is if you have the ability to obtain the super majority required to expel trump you have more then enough poltical support to hold a strike that will accomplish more.
If you think either of these goals are achievable without a massive change in the way people are doing politics in 2025, youre crazy. If you weren’t crazy you’d be better off having the strike tomorrow because if you are thinking the wind will still be at your back after waiting two years, you’ve just haven’t been paying attention.
Remember these cowards names when it’s time for them to beg for our votes.
