Election to the United States House of Representatives 2014

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A total of 435 seats
Map of the USA with the electoral districts:
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The election for the United States House of Representatives took place on November 4, 2014 . All 435 seats in the US House of Representatives were elected that day . In addition, citizens of the American suburbs (with the exception of Puerto Rico ) and Washington, DC elected their delegates to the House of Representatives. At the same time, a third of the Senate was re-elected, and numerous governorships were up for election in the states . Elections to state parliaments , local and municipal elections, and referendums were also held. It was mid-term elections (so-called midterm elections ) in the middle of the second term of US President Barack Obama .

General

The MPs were elected by direct election for a period of two years by the voting citizens of the district they represent in the Congress Chamber . The constituencies are based on the last census in 2010 cut to be in each district about the same number of citizens live. In contrast to the Senate, the number of MPs that a state sends to the House depends on its population. With its new composition, the House of Representatives will meet for the first time on January 3, 2015 .

The party primaries to determine the respective candidates took place between March and September 2014 according to different procedures, depending on the state. The different dates and elective modules are justified by different electoral rights of the states. In the main election on November 4, 2014, with the exception of Louisiana and Georgia, the candidate with the most votes won the election (in Louisiana and Georgia, run-off elections will take place on December 6 and January 6, if there are no more candidates than 50% of the vote).

In the previous House of Representatives, the Republican Party had a majority of 233 seats and thus provided the Speaker of the House , John Boehner from Ohio . The Democratic Party , which is chaired by Nancy Pelosi from California , held 199 seats. Two seats were vacant. In the opinion of numerous political observers, it was considered rather unlikely that the Democrats would be able to win the missing 19 seats for a majority. On the contrary, a gain for the Republicans is expected, who could possibly also win a majority in the Senate. In a historical context, it is quite common for the incumbent president's party to lose seats in both chambers of Congress in midterm elections . A total of 41 MPs do not apply for re-election. You are either seeking other political offices or want to leave politics.

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Electoral districts for the House of Representatives 2014:
(excluding suburbs and DC)
  • Seat held by the Democrats
  • Seat won by the Democrats
  • Seat held by the Republicans
  • Republican seat won

    • As expected, on the morning of November 5, it was clear that the Republicans could increase their majority in the Congress Chamber. In the end, they won 247 of the 435 seats. This allowed them to gain another 13 seats, while the Democrats lost that same number of MPs. After they succeeded in gaining a majority in the Senate, far-reaching consequences for Barack Obama's government policy are expected.

    After the nationwide election day in November 2014, seven seats had not yet been decided because either not all votes had yet been counted or runoff elections had yet to be held. The latter, however, only affected constituencies in Georgia and Louisiana , since only these states provide for an absolute majority to win the election. In December 2014 the following result was determined:

    Parties Seats be right
    2012 2014 +/- Strength be right %
      republican 234 247 +13 56.8% 40,081,282 51.2%
      Democrats 201 188 −13 43.2% 35,624,357 45.5%
    total 435 435 0 100.0%
    Sources: US House Results , The Green Papers: Election results

    In addition, five delegates from the US suburbs (excluding Puerto Rico, which sends a resident commissioner for four years) and the federal district were selected by the voters . In the legislative process, however, they have no voting rights.

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    1. ↑ a b New York Times: Election 2014