The Challenge for a GOP-Controlled Congress in Four Charts

We may not know the results of this election, but we do know this: neither party will have 60 Senate seats. While it’s more likely that Republicans will have the majority in 2015, it will be a very narrow one. As such, there’s very little that can get passed without support from the other side of the aisle, a.k.a compromise. …

So, given this reality, it’s hard to see how either party would be able to get much accomplished in the upcoming Congress. But when you take a closer look at the underlying data you can see just how opposed the GOP base is to accommodation. CONT.

Amy Walter, Cook Political Report

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