In the US, not only is the election of the new president taking place, but 35 new Senate seats are also being elected.
Can the Democrats win back the majority?
The
election of
the new
president will
take
place in the USA on November 3rd
.
35 seats in the
US Senate
will also be elected.
Before the election, the majority in the Senate is with the
Republicans.
Washington DC - In the
US
, the
Senate plays
an important role: the party that has the majority here can prevent or approve new bills.
The
Republican
Party currently has a
majority in the Senate and occupies 53 of the 100 seats, while the
Democrats
only have 47 seats in the Senate.
A third is elected every two years, which this year will be combined with the
presidential election
.
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Georgia could be real close.
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2020 US election: a third of the Senate will be re-elected - will the Democrats win the majority?
The
election
of 35 new seats in the Senate would have decisive consequences for the term of office of the US President elected on November 3rd.
If, for example,
Joe Biden * is
elected as the new US president, a Republican majority in the Senate could make the first two years of his term of office much more difficult.
In contrast to the
presidential election
, senators are elected directly, which is why the election depends more on the popularity of the candidate.
By the way: In the event of a stalemate between 50 Republican and 50 Democratic senators, the Vice President has the decisive vote in decisions.
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2020 US election: a third of the Senate will be re-elected - it will be exciting in these states
In some US states, the election of a new senator could be very exciting.
For example, in
Colorado *
come to a change of power.
Republican
Cory Gardner
currently holds office here
.
His rival is
John Hickenlooper
, who was governor of the state until 2019.
In the latest polls, the Democrat was up to nine percentage points ahead of his opponents.
In
Georgia *
there could also be a change.
In
polls, the
Democratic challenger
Jon Ossoff
was just ahead of
David Perdue
, who is currently the Senator.
The same applies to the state of
Maine *
: In the polls shortly before the election, the Democratic representative
Sara Gideon is
just ahead of her competitor
Susan Collins
.
This could lose her seat after just 24 years in office as Senator, after she last
voted
against the appeal of
Amy Coney Barrett *
to the Supreme Court.
Many Republican voters resent Collins and it could now cost them their office.
2020 US election: a third of the Senate will be re-elected - who will win the majority in the Senate?
In
Montana *
the Democrats could also win a seat in the Senate.
Republican Senator
Steve Daines
must
defend
his place against
Steve Bullock
, the state's former governor.
Bullock was very narrowly ahead in the last polls and could therefore move into the Senate.
In
Michigan *
Democrat
Gary Peters
could
lose his seat in the US Senate.
His challenger
John James
is only five percentage points behind the current Senator, and in the meantime the entrepreneur even came within one percentage point of Peters.
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