Why are Democrats Complainers?
During every election year, the Democrats seem to get the nastiest. Just like at the GOP convention, there were protesters trashing the place. Not to say Republicans are perfect, but you can have 2 people, same conditions, one dem and one republican, and the democrat always seems to whine and cry and constantly complain and be pessimistic. Look at the media, even the lib media can't hide the trash talk and destruction by RADICAL LIBS ,Proof? Look it up on Google, YOU CAN'T MISS IT! Awaiting BS answers from Libs like this: -8 yrs of Bush, blah blah -My life sucks cause of Bush IMO life is what you make of it, and to be honest, America does what it wants regardless of whose in the white house... Legitimate answers only please.
What do Democrats have to do to gain control of the House and the Senate?
1. The Senate - Democrats already hold the Senate. Woo! They'll probably lose it in 2014. Boo! But the seats that will be up for grabs in 2016 will be more favorable to Democrats, and turnout will be back up to presidential election year levels which is also good for Democrats. Unless the GOP ends this cycle with a 4+ seat edge (unlikely) then I think the Democrats can take back the Senate in 2016 without too much difficulty. If the economy is humming along then comparisons to 2000 will come forth, in which Democrats gained a net of 4 Senate seats. Democrats have won Senate seats in red states before by recruiting credible local candidates who are usually right-leaning on a token social issue or two. That plus fundraising and minimal bad press from the national party can very realistically win Democrats some seats in rural states, and the coasts tend to take care of themselves.2. The House - Ugh. Lets not talk about the House. Democrats have no margin for error and basically no likely scenario of victory in the House. So many seats are one-sided these days that they would need to take all of the toss-ups and a decent number of "lean Republican" seats to get to 218. Most likely not possible until after the 2020 redistricting, but until then Democrats will have the best chance at making inroads by being flexible on social issues, picking moderates in the primaries, turning out the vote in high-density areas, and by putting popular policies at the forefront of their agenda. People get tired of hearing about unemployment benefits, the minimum wage, and equal pay for women, but they keep coming up because many Republican voters agree with the Democratic agenda on these issues.
Why would Democrats be able to flip the house, but not the Senate? Would voters vote for a Democrat House representative and still keep a Republican Senator? Why would this be the case?
The entire House of all 435 seats are up for election this year. On the democrat side there's about 190 safe seats and on the republican side about 140. These are seats in such deep blue or deep red territory there's practically zero chance of them flipping.That leaves around 100 seats that are in the ‘flippable’ zone. Of those that are most flippable, more are republican than are democrat.To take the House, the democrats have to hold onto to their 190 all-but-guaranteed seats, hold onto to another 20 or so light blue seats and take 10 of the pink seats off the republicans. If the by-elections earlier this year are any indication this is a very real possibility.For the republicans the task is much harder. They need to hold onto almost every one of their current seats. They can only afford to lose 20 seats, which looks highly likely.This doesn't mean it's assured the democrats will take the House; only that it is highly probable. Nate Silver from FiveThirtyEight gives the democrats a 85% chance.With the Senate the election this year is, unfortunately for the democrats, tilted very strongly in favour of the republicans. Just 35 of the 100 seats are up for election and, of those 35, just 9 are held by GOP.Of these 35 seats, 18 are solid democrat and 4 are solid republican. Of the 13 toss-up seats, 4 are likely democrat and 3 are likely republican.This leaves just 6 which could go either way. Three of these six are tending slightly to the democrats, one slightly to the republicans, and two seats too close to call.GOP at the moment has a 51–49 seat majority. If the Senate is split 50–50, the vice-president gets to cast the deciding vote (and there's no prize guessing which way Pence would vote).To gain control of the Senate, the democrats have to hold onto all their seats and take 2 off the republicans. To maintain control of the Senate, the republicans can afford to lose 1 seat, or lose two but pick up one. There are more paths open to the republicans to maintain control of the Senate than for the democrats to take control.Because there's more democrat seats up for election, the democrats have to spend a huge amount on protecting all their 26 seats up for election as well as spending even more on the marginal seats in the hope of keeping their blue seats and flipping the red seats. GOP only has 9 seats to protect and can focus most of their efforts (and money) on just the light red, light blue and toss-up seats.
How did democrats and republicans differ on the best ways to improve opportunity for Americans?
Democrats believe in granting opportunities to succeed. Republicans believe in taking them away in order to force people to learn how to work hard for little reward.
How many years have the democrats controlled congress?
If by Congress you mean the House of Representatives the Democrats have been the majority for about 46 of the last 60 years since 1950. The Senate has been controlled by the Democrats for about 40 of those 60 years. The Democrats have controlled at least one or the other of the 2 branches over 50 of the 60 years. The Democrats have controlled both Houses since 2007 - Exactly the period of the current Economic collapse from an all time "high" in July 2007..
Do you think the Democratic Party can take back the Senate and House of Representatives in 2018?
House, maybe. Senate, no.The entire House is up for re-election every 2 years, so no seat is really safe. 270 To Win is currently predicting 14 races truly “up for grabs”; of those 14, only 4 have Democrat incumbents, so if they run the table they can pick up 10 seats. 14 more “lean” Republican but are considered vulnerable. Dems need to net 24 seats to retake a House majority.In the Senate, only 33 seats are up for grabs, and of those, only 9 are GOP-held. Only 2 of those 9 are considered at risk. On the other side, the Dems have 22 seats up for grabs, plus both independent Senators (who tend to caucus to the left). 8 of those seats are considered toss-ups. If the Dems win every toss-up race and don’t suffer any surprise losses, they would get to 50, which ties the Senate with the VP being the deciding vote in party-line legislation. So the Dems would have to run the table on all vulnerable Senate seats, plus take at least one seat the pundits currently consider safely Republican, to re-take the majority. That’s a much bigger ask than the current House picture, and the risk is huge; if it goes strongly the other way, the GOP could gain a 60-seat supermajority. If the toss-ups do go 50–50, the GOP still gains another 3 seats, enough to potentially sideline the remaining moderate Republicans in various issues.So, barring a major GOP scandal, I unfortunately predict the GOP will hold on to their Congressional majorities.
Are the Democrats actively blocking legislation as President Trump claims, or are they being shut out by the Republicans as the Democrats claim?
In elementary school they used to teach how our government works. Sounds like maybe you are a foreigner and missed it or… maybe you skipped school for social studies for a few years?Three branches of government . At current the Republican party has The Presidency, the Senate and the House by solid majority.The Democrats do not control the agenda (anything the Republicans want to vote on gets a vote) and they do not have enough votes to stop anything from passing.Zero, zip,zilch. None, nada, nothing. Period.The only way that they can do anything is either try to convince republicans to join them (which never happens), or, the legislation is not liked by part of the Republicans who then vote no.I recommend finding a news source which is factual. Fox News is not. Nor is the entire silo of websites and media outlets which take their cues from Fox.You are asking a question which is simply factually and non politically proven and answered with a single real answer. No wiggle room. It shouldnt be a question and the only reason it is a question is that you are being fed flagrant lies.EDIT AFTER COMMENT: My original answer left out a valid point of the fillibuster which does give power in the senate to the minority party and has been used historically by both parties although the republican party took it to extremes in the first term of Barack Obama. However, at current the Democratic senate is not using this to block anything.