Summary

The Republican Party is poised to hold a historically narrow House majority, with current projections showing 220 GOP seats to Democrats’ 215.

This would be the smallest majority since the Hoover administration.

Resignations by three Republican representatives, including Matt Gaetz, could further shrink the margin to 217–215, allowing a single defector to block legislation.

The tight results undermine Republican claims of a 2024 electoral landslide, as Donald Trump’s popular-vote margin over Kamala Harris has narrowed significantly since election night.

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    9 hours ago

    more infighting amongst republicants hopefully means nothing gets done for two years.

    what would be really entertaining is a few of them jump ship and vote with the minority… giving the gavel and committee chairs to democrats.

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      9 hours ago

      But we’re in the bad timeline, so a congressional logjam means that he takes lots of executive actions, the bought SCOTUS lets him and Congress can’t pass anything to stop him.

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    11 hours ago

    This would be the smallest majority since the Hoover administration.

    Coincidentally, we’re going to have a tariff war just like the Hoover administration. One that sucked so much they named a vacuum brand after it.

    (Not really.)

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    9 hours ago

    What is that margin down to now, by the way? Calling donvict’s “win” a landslide is absurd, IMHO. And that’s without even engaging in any of the suspicions about the vote…

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      7 hours ago

      Last time i checked he was at 50.00% of total votes.

      ETA- yeah, AP shows him at 50; her at 48.4.