42. To get to 60 the Democrats would have to win virtually every contested seat
Edited on Thu Nov-10-11 08:45 PM by totodeinhere
including in several deeply red states. It's barely mathematically possible but extremely unlikely. The Democrats will have to defend 23 seats while the GOP defends only 10. If you count Sanders as a part of the Democratic caucus, the Democrats would have to hold all 23 seats they are defending and pick up 7 out of 10 seats the GOP is defending. Or in other words to get to 60 they would have to win 30 of 33 seats. Good luck with that.
However, I do think that the Democrats have a good chance to hold their majority which in itself would be an accomplishment given the difference in the number of seats that each party is defending.
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