Will Liberals Ever Regain a Supreme Court Majority?

And other questions about the future.

Happy Friday, everyone! This morning, we are continuing our series looking at the long-term prospects of both American political parties. In our last edition, we looked at the Electoral College. Today, we’ll look at the Senate, House, and Supreme Court, answering questions like:

• Why has the Senate remained so much more competitive than you might expect on paper?

• How will redistricting shape the future of the House?

• Is the Supreme Court’s decades-long conservative majority going to last forever?

Let’s dive in…

Senate

There is a pervasive sense in the political sphere that the design of the Senate inherently favors Republicans, although this isn’t quite right.