Midterm Elections In The United States

As you all may have heard (or not) the midterm elections are right around the corner. The general elections are held every 2 years after the quadrennial elections for the president of the United States. On November 4, 2014, the two federal offices of the United States are up for election. The 2014 midterm election will offer 435 seats on the U.S. House of representatives, 35 seats on the U.S. senate and the governorship of 36 states. Right now, the division in the House is as follows: the democrats hold 188 seats in the House of representatives, whereas the republicans maintain their 230 seats. If you do the math it becomes clear that 17 seats are up for election. Traditionally speaking there are 218 seats needed for a majority in the House. The current situation in the U.S. senate has a division of 45 democrats and 46 republicans. If you do the math here it also becomes clear that 9 seats are up for election in the senate. There are, however, also elections on state level (like the gubernatorial elections) and local elections, but since I do not wat to bore you guys with too much dry and boring midterm election info. I will

House of Representatives, which are representing the 50 U.S. states, are being contested in the midterm elections of 2014. The winners of these elections will serve in the 114th U.S. congress. 41 representatives, which are consisting of 16 democratics and 25 republicans, are retiring from their seats this year. Out of a total of 435 seats, 196 are viewed as “safe republican” and 159 seats as “safe democratic”, which leaves the US with 80 remaining seats. Therefore, the republicans would have to win at least 22 seats of these 80 seats, whereas the democrats would have to win at least 59 seats of the 80 remaining seats in order to reach a majority of 218 or more seats. States like Utah, Virginia and Washington are likely to be republican, whereas states as Oregon, Washington and Minnesota are likely to be