The Senate is structurally stacked against Dems: Median seat is one that backed Trump by about 3.5 points, similar to median House seat (so about 5.5 pts right of nation). But they have 49 seats b/c they now hold 12 seats in Trump states, while Rs hold just 3 in Clinton states.

The Senate is structurally stacked against Dems: Median seat is one that backed Trump by about 3.5 points, similar to median House seat (so about 5.5 pts right of nation). But they have 49 seats b/c they now hold 12 seats in Trump states, while Rs hold just 3 in Clinton states. pic.twitter.com/Uoe4PtoKgP

— Kyle Kondik (@kkondik) December 13, 2017