Democrats can now easily win a veto proof majority in the Senate in 2028.

Never underestimate the Dems to frick something up between then.

This doesn’t matter when they’ll get rid of the filibuster if the get the Whitehouse.

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Looking at the slate of senators up for reelection in 2028, Dems will most likely get to 60 seats.

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Veto proof is 67. Filibuster proof is 60.

Things can change fast in politics, when Obama started his first term the democrats held a 257-178 advantage in the house. The very next election the Republicans took the majority. That doesn't guarantee anything for 2028 of course but you never know what the future might bring

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when Obama started his first term the democrats held a 257-178 advantage in the house.

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His re-election bid was in jeopardy in 2012. Voters never trusted him again after the Obamacare debacle and made sure Republicans controlled the House for the entirety of his second term.

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veto proof majority

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Dems will most likely get to 60 seats.

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Brush up on your civics class. You're confusing veto proof and filibuster proof.

Veto proof would require 2/3 in both the House and the Senate. So the Dems would need 67 votes in the Senate plus need a 290 to 145 advantage in the House to override a veto.

The Dems won't get anywhere close to veto proof in 2028......but if they win the presidency, they're probably going to push to scrap the filibuster in the senate anyway so they can ram through every bill they want.

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67 Senate Votes to be "veto Proof"

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I know, and look at who is up for reelection in 2028.

Then add Blackburn’s seat and Klobuchar’s seat.


Democratic Senators Up for Reelection in 2028
Alex Padilla (California)
Raphael Warnock (Georgia)
Mark Kelly (Arizona)
Michael Bennet (Colorado)
Richard Blumenthal (Connecticut)
Brian Schatz (Hawaii)
Tammy Duckworth (Illinois)
Chris Van Hollen (Maryland)
Catherine Cortez Masto (Nevada)
Maggie Hassan (New Hampshire)
Chuck Schumer (New York)
John Fetterman (Pennsylvania)
Peter Welch (Vermont)
Patty Murray (Washington)

Republican Senators Up for Reelection in 2028
Katie Britt (Alabama)
Lisa Murkowski (Alaska)
John Boozman (Arkansas)
Ashley Moody (Florida)
Mike Crapo (Idaho)
Todd Young (Indiana)
Chuck Grassley (Iowa)
Jerry Moran (Kansas)
Rand Paul (Kentucky)
John N. Kennedy (Louisiana)
Eric Schmitt (Missouri)
Ted Budd (North Carolina)
John Hoeven (North Dakota)
James Lankford (Oklahoma)
Tim Scott (South Carolina)
John Thune (South Dakota)
Ron Johnson (Wisconsin)

Lankford from here in Oklahoma is a dead man walking in 28.

If a Republican besides Lankford doesn't win the primary, I won't vote for Lankford. If Lankford wins the primary in 28, a Dem has a real chance in the primary.

You need to look at the races that will be on the ballot in 2028. There’s 18 senate seats currently held by GOP that will be up for re-election and only 2 of those should be competitive races. There’s also 1 or 2 seats currently held by Dems that might be flippable. The Dems would need to flip at least 11 of the 18 GOP seats to get a veto proof majority. Ain’t happening.

The losses this week are 100% attributable to Trump getting us into the Iran nonsense and the resulting spike in gas priced, inflation on everyday items, and interest rates. Without us getting into the Iran bullshite, the Dems probably pickup a enough seats to have a slim majority in congress….which would be fairly normal for the minority party in midterms. But Trump’s unpopularity right now is what cost us a lot more seats than we should have lost.