User:Gale5050/United States Senate classes
The United States has 3 Senate classes - Class 1, Class 2 and Class 3. This is because senators are greedy and want to have six years, even though representatives only get two and presidents only get four. Most governors only get four, too...Vermont and New Hampshire only get two. They want to be the most powerful in government, hence this division.
They are divided after extreme care, as to not piss anyone off. George Washington specifically made it so each state would never have two senate elections concurrently, however, special elections make him wrong, as done in Georgia 2020. The main reason is to not make people do research on 2 candidates (I know, my god), but sometimes life is life.
The house does not do classes, meaning for every Senate flip, there should be 13 house flips, but that's just not always the case. And because of the weird classing, yes, sometimes you don't get to vote. It sucks.
Class 1[edit | edit source]
Class 1 is where the Republicans have sucked ass. Literally. They suffered defeat after defeat after defeat, albeit 2018 was kind to them. Barely. But the Democrats still vigorusly dominate this class, 23-10. This means that even a red wave could see some flips. I mean, how the fuck does West Virginia, a state that voted for Trump by a margin of 40%, have a Democratic senator? Montana and Ohio, too, if I were a democratic senator from these states, I'd shit my pants on Election Day 2024.