435 Seats TONIGHT?! How the Midterms Actually Work
Animated Short, 0:52. Published 2026-11-04.
How do the midterms actually work?
Why is everyone yelling at the TV tonight? 📺
Every House seat (all 435) is up every 2 years , bigger states get more seats (California 52, Wyoming 1).
The Senate has 100 seats: 2 per state, 6-year terms, so only about a third are up each time.
218 runs the House, 51 runs the Senate. And the President's party almost always loses House seats in the midterms.
So… 2 senators per state no matter the size: FAIR or NOT? 👇
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Transcript
Dad, why is everyone yelling at the TV tonight? It's election night! Every single seat in the House is up. All four hundred thirty-five. All of them?! Every two years. Bigger states get more seats. California has fifty-two. Wyoming has one. And the Senate? One hundred senators. Two per state, big or small. They serve six years, so only about a third are up tonight.
Wait. Wyoming gets the same two senators as California?! Yep. Win two hundred eighteen House seats, or fifty-one senators, and you control that chamber. So who usually wins? Fun fact: the President's party almost always loses House seats in the midterms. So who wins tonight? Nobody knows yet. That's why everyone's yelling!
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