There are 7 current vacancies, 5 of which were Republicans
Yes I was aware of that — so in your remaining at 235 we have to actually loose seven to stay even. There are many ways to phrase it but that is the best for me.
I have had years I was not surprise — Trump was (as I mentioned earlier) within one electoral vote of what I predicted. However, the second Obama election did surprise me. I thought he would do worse than he did and could possibly loose. Boy was I wrong.