Wait I am stupid, I thought the entirety of congressional seats are up for election every 2 years, and only the Senate does partial elections, voting for 1/3 every time?
Edit: Thanks for helping a dummy pede out! But the already 4,000 replies have answered the question lol
I'm American and this took me a minute as well. It's because we use the terms "Congressman" and "Congresswoman" to describe members of the House of Representatives and "Senator" to describe a member of the Senate. So "Congress" sometimes becomes conflated with the House of Representatives only.
The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States and consists of two chambers: the House of Representatives and the Senate.
"Congressional" usually refers to both the House and Senate. You are correct that the House is constantly churning while the Senators are elected for 6 years, 1/3 of the Senate being elected every 2 years.
Wait I am stupid, I thought the entirety of congressional seats are up for election every 2 years, and only the Senate does partial elections, voting for 1/3 every time?
Edit: Thanks for helping a dummy pede out! But the already 4,000 replies have answered the question lol
470 is counting the entire house plus 1/3 of the senate. They're all part of Congress which is bicameral.
470 is counting the entire house plus 1/3 of the senate"
thank you Pede saves me asking the question, the meme had me scratching my head. I am uh Canuck eh (edit) sorry? But all clear now.
I'm American and this took me a minute as well. It's because we use the terms "Congressman" and "Congresswoman" to describe members of the House of Representatives and "Senator" to describe a member of the Senate. So "Congress" sometimes becomes conflated with the House of Representatives only.
I always call representatives reps and senators senators, and congressmen/women to refer to people in either chamber
I feel like that should be fixed
This reminds me of a joke I heard recently:
A guy in a restaurant asks the waiter "May I ask you about the menu, please?"
to which the waiter responds "The men I please are none of your business!"
Bicameral? We need more than two cameras on those snakes!
That is correct. 535 is the House (435) plus the Senate (100) so the total of all seats. 470 is the house (435) plus 35 Senate seats.
Oh duh, I am indeed stupid, I was thinking 535 was all of the house for a minute lol
Don't worry, it does read that way a little bit. :)
"Congressional" usually refers to both the House and Senate. You are correct that the House is constantly churning while the Senators are elected for 6 years, 1/3 of the Senate being elected every 2 years.