The news is in: the next U.S president will be a moderate. Why? Because whoever is elected in November, the Democrats look set to increase their share of congressional seats and may even win enough seats in the Senate to overcome Republican attempts to block legislation.
Currently, Democrats have a 51-seat majority in the 100-member Senate. They would need 60 seats to end debate on legislation and send it to the Senate floor for an up-or-down vote. All 435 House seats and 35 of the 100 Senate seats will be up for election and Congress’ approval rating is currently quite low — just 19 percent of those recently polled by Gallup/USA Today said they approve of Congress’ performance.
A recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll reported 52 percent of Americans prefer Congress be controlled by Democrats, while 33 percent say they favour Republican control.
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