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In the Senate the Republican party holds 51 seats. The Democrats hold 47 seats, and the remaining two are held by independents who caucus with the Democratic party. Of the 33 seats up for election, the Democrats are defending 25 (two of which are held by independents), while Republicans have only eight seats to defend. The Democratic party must defend 10 seats in states that [[Donald Trump]] won over [[Hillary Clinton]] in 2016.

In the Senate the Republican party holds 51 seats. The Democrats hold 47 seats, and the remaining two are held by independents who caucus with the Democratic party. Of the 33 seats up for election, the Democrats are defending 25 (two of which are held by independents), while Republicans have only eight seats to defend. The Democratic party must defend 10 seats in states that [[Donald Trump]] won over [[Hillary Clinton]] in 2016.

 

Despite [[mainstream media]] [[fake news]] reports, the Democrats would have to win 48 House seats and seven Senate seats to qualify historically as a "wave election," an unlikely prospect.<ref>https://ballotpedia.org/Scott_Rasmussen%27s_Number_of_the_Day_for_June_25,_2018</ref> Increasing [[leftist]] violence and resistance to accepting the results of a [[democracy|democratic]] election may be a decisive factor in the outcome.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/trump-resistance-continues-slide-toward-violence/</ref><ref>Although analysis by the [[Cato Institute]] and ''[[New York Times]]'' showed leftist-motivated violence on the rise since 2016 with killings 2.5 times higher than right wing extremists, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/term-alt-left-came the numbers ''do not'' include murders of [[police officer]]s by [[Black Lives Matter]] activists. https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/14/us/police-officers-fatal-shooting-line-duty-nationwide/index.html</ref>

Despite [[mainstream media]] [[fake news]] reports, the Democrats would have to win 48 House seats and seven Senate seats to qualify historically as a "wave election," an unlikely prospect.<ref>https://ballotpedia.org/Scott_Rasmussen%27s_Number_of_the_Day_for_June_25,_2018</ref> Increasing [[leftist]] violence and resistance to accepting the results of a [[democracy|democratic]] election may be a decisive factor in the outcome.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/trump-resistance-continues-slide-toward-violence/</ref><ref>Although analysis by the [[Cato Institute]] and ''[[New York Times]]'' showed leftist-motivated violence on the rise since 2016 with killings 2.5 times higher than right wing extremists, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/term-alt-left-came the numbers ''do not'' include murders of [[police officer]]s by [[Black Lives Matter]] activists. https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/14/us/police-officers-fatal-shooting-line-duty-nationwide/index.html</ref>