Composition of a Senate landslide

The media narrative the last few days is that this Republican tsunami is just not strong enough to take control of the Senate. They are deliberately misleading you. Remember that only 1/3 of the Senate is elected every 2 years, so that that body doesn't have it's makeup changed too rapidly by upstart movements, such as the Tea Party. It's by design.

As such, there are 37 Senate seats affected by this election, not the entire Senate. 19 of these are currently occupied by (or until recently occupied by) Democrats. As of right now, Real Clear Politics suggests that 11 Democrats will win their races, with the remaining seats going Republican.

Cut one way, Democrats are suffering a 42% loss in the Senate race this election.

Cut another way, 70% of available Senate seats will be going to Republicans.

That's a landslide, no matter how the media is trying to frame it.

Now, GO VOTE!