Presidency, Senate and now also the House of Representatives for Republicans

In the US, the battle for the House of Representatives has also been won by the Republicans. More than a week after the presidential elections, it has become clear that Trump’s party has a narrow majority in the House.

This will end the victory for the former president. Trump won the race for the White House against Democrat Harris. With 53 seats, the Republicans also gained control of the Senate. Including the recently counted votes in California and Arizona, the number of Republican seats in the House is now 218.

The House has 435 seats, so with 218 the Republicans now have a majority. There are nine seats where the results are not yet known, but it is now certain that the Republicans have a majority.

The Republican majority in Congress, which is made up of the Senate and the House, will give the incoming president plenty of room to implement his policies. In addition, the party has the upper hand in the Supreme Court: most of the court’s judges are conservative and appointed by Republican presidents.

In addition, it is surprising that the so-called Trump popular vote have won. The last time a Republican received more total votes than his Democratic opponent was in 2004, when George W. Bush defeated John Kerry.

All the votes have not been counted yet, but it is already certain that Trump has more than enough electoral votes to win. He has 312 compared to 226 for Harris. In some swing states the margins were very small. For example, in Michigan, Trump had only received 80,000 more votes.