“Now - 217 of this bunch voted for Obamacare. If 100 of them are voted out, that’s less than than half the guys who voted for Obamacare.”
Fuzzy math...
First...if one person loses a seat, that’s a swing of two seats. Take away one seat from one party, add that seat to the other party, and that amounts to a two seat swing.
Dems have 75...Reps have 25. Say 25 Dems lost.
75 - 25 + 50. Right?
However, 25 Reps + 25 Dem losses = 50 seats.
So, even though the Dems had 75 seats, and lost 1/3 of them...thus giving the Reps 25 more seats to add to their 25 current seats...it leaves them tied at 50 seats each.
If 100 are voted out, that’s a 200 seat swing.
You’re right...it’s simple political math.
“But in the big picture, it’s pretty sad.”
The entire years since November 4, 2008 has been pretty sad, but things are looking way up, now.
“75 - 25 + 50. Right?”
That should be 75 - 25 = 50.
Sorry...