Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agoHouse swears in New York Democrat, thinning GOP majoritythehill.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1167arrow-down17file-text
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minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down3·edit-22 months agoIf the seat was empty, it did change. Too lazy to look up actual numbers but… If it was 6 vs 10 and then a dem retires it becomes 5 vs 10. Months pass at 5 vs 10 where they have a larger margin. Then the election happens and it goes back to 6 vs 10. Now the margin is smaller again.
minus-squareGreyEyedGhostlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months agoThis is kind of like talking about my weight. It’s the same now as before, but that week around Easter was a little dicey.
minus-squareHuntressHimbo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoThe margin usually refers to the number of votes that they can safely lose in their own party and still have a bill pass, so with the same number of GOP reps the margin shouldn’t change.
minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months ago6 vs 10 4 person difference. if 2 GOP vote against becomes 8 vs 8 It’s a tie and the bill fails. 5 vs 10 after rep retires before seat is filled if 2 GOP vote against becomes 7 vs 8 GOP passes bill. Seat gets filled and it’s now 6 vs 10 again Notice how the GOP rep count didn’t change.
If the seat was empty, it did change.
Too lazy to look up actual numbers but…
If it was 6 vs 10 and then a dem retires it becomes 5 vs 10.
Months pass at 5 vs 10 where they have a larger margin. Then the election happens and it goes back to 6 vs 10.
Now the margin is smaller again.
This is kind of like talking about my weight. It’s the same now as before, but that week around Easter was a little dicey.
Worth it
The margin usually refers to the number of votes that they can safely lose in their own party and still have a bill pass, so with the same number of GOP reps the margin shouldn’t change.
6 vs 10
4 person difference. if 2 GOP vote against
becomes 8 vs 8
It’s a tie and the bill fails.
5 vs 10 after rep retires before seat is filled
if 2 GOP vote against
becomes 7 vs 8
GOP passes bill.
Seat gets filled and it’s now 6 vs 10 again
Notice how the GOP rep count didn’t change.