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In reply to the discussion: How long before Trump is impeached by the House & convicted by the Senate? [View all]NewJeffCT
(56,844 posts)when Nixon was threatened with impeachment, Democrats had a much bigger edge in Congress than Republicans have now.
In 2018, the Senate map looks very bad for Democrats - they have many more seats to defend and a slew of them are in states that Trump won.
There will be a new onslaught of voter suppression laws put into place over the next 18 months that will make it harder for minorities and the young to vote.
The only hope is that with slashes to medicaid, medicare, social security and other federal functions, it will hit Trump's popularity ratings. I predict that in January of 2018 - barring a huge "come together America" terror attack (false flag or not) - Trump's popularity will be in the 26-28% range, meaning it's more likely that Democrats can hold onto their senate seats. Will they be able to pick up 3 seats to win control of the senate? I don't know. And, will they be able to overcome extreme gerrymandering to pick up the 20-25 seats they need to win back the House? (without the gerrymandering already in place, I think Dems would have 214-220 seats in the House, so it would almost be a flip a coin situation)
If Democrats can pick up the Senate and House, then I predict a swift demise for Trump. If not, it could be 6 more years.
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