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Washington Posts politiska analytiker pekar på det faktum att republikanernas majoritet i kongressen kanske blir en tvåårig parentes:

Congratulations, Republicans! You won the Senate majority! Now, can you hold on to it for more than two years?

Looking at the 2016 Senate map, there’s reason for doubt. Republicans will have to defend 24 seats, compared with 10 for Democrats. And the raw numbers don’t even tell the whole story. Seven seats held by Republicans — Florida, Illinois, Iowa, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — were carried by President Obama in 2008 and 2012. And there is chatter about potential Republican retirements in Arizona and Iowa. If either John McCain or Chuck Grassley decided to call it a career, each of those races would be major Democratic targets.On the other side of the coin, Republican takeover opportunities are few and far between.

Å andra sidan sett kan man inte utesluta att det sitter en republikan i Vita huset då kongressen återsamlas i januari 2017. Fast då troligen med samma maktförhållande i kongressen som före mellanårsvalet.