Talk:United States Senate
(Redirected from Talk:United States Senate/Comments)
Latest comment: 15 hours ago by Meamemg in topic Who has the majority?
| This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the United States Senate article. This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject. |
Article policies
|
| Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL |
Archives: 1, 2, 3, 4Auto-archiving period: 3 months  |
 | This  level-5 vital article is rated C-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
.svg)
 | This article has been mentioned by multiple media organizations:
|
 | United States Senate is a former featured article. Please see the links under Article milestones below for its original nomination page (for older articles, check the nomination archive) and why it was removed. | ||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
| Current status: Former featured article | |||||||||||||
 | This article is written in American English, which has its own spelling conventions (color, defense, traveled) and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus. |
United States Senate graphic
editThe graphic by the qualifications section doesn't make any sense to me. Each state only gets two senators, so why does Kansas have five somethings in the image? Even if some of it were referencing the house, Kansas would have six and Florida would have way more than it does on the graphic. I don't want to delete someone's hard work for no reason, but a clarification in the caption of the photo as to what the numbers represent would be helpful. Catboy69 (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 18:19, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
- I figured it out. It's saying that Kansas has a Class 2 Senator and a Class 3 Senator (the class indicating when their terms begin and end), and both are Republicans (hence colored red). WHPratt (talk) 16:06, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
- The graphic would be improved if each state were depicted with three blocks rather than two, representing the three electoral classes. Each state would then show one empty, just-an-outline block, indicating the cycle with no Senate election there. E.g., every state should have a permanent configuration of [1] [2] [ ] or [1] [ ] [3] or [ ] [2] [3] with colors appropriate for the current configuration. WHPratt (talk) 15:58, 27 January 2024 (UTC)
- Oh, and there should be a legend (say down in the Gulf of Mexico), that designates the expiration years in a small 3x3 table (one that would have to be adjusted only every six years).
- [2015] [2017] [2019]
- [2021] [2023] [2025]
- [2027] [2029] [2031]
WHPratt (talk) 16:57, 28 January 2024 (UTC)- Why are u no adding 2024 102.88.83.97 (talk) 13:28, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
- Why? Because the terms begin and end in odd-numbered years. WHPratt (talk) 19:18, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
- Why are u no adding 2024 102.88.83.97 (talk) 13:28, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
- The graphic would be improved if each state were depicted with three blocks rather than two, representing the three electoral classes. Each state would then show one empty, just-an-outline block, indicating the cycle with no Senate election there. E.g., every state should have a permanent configuration of [1] [2] [ ] or [1] [ ] [3] or [ ] [2] [3] with colors appropriate for the current configuration. WHPratt (talk) 15:58, 27 January 2024 (UTC)
- I figured it out. It's saying that Kansas has a Class 2 Senator and a Class 3 Senator (the class indicating when their terms begin and end), and both are Republicans (hence colored red). WHPratt (talk) 16:06, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 21 August 2024
edit | This edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request. |
Change membership composition of the Senate to subtract one Democratic senator due to Sen. Menendez's resignation (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdx6l3p5lrro) Mayat14 (talk) 23:44, 21 August 2024 (UTC)
Already done See this diff, appearing to do what you requestted. [1] Geardona (talk to me?) 01:01, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
Can someone update the “last election” and “next election” fields?
editThe 2024 election has passed, but the fields “last election” and “next election” have not been updated. I am not able to edit the page as it is protected (understandably), which is why I create this post.
Cheers 82.196.111.116 (talk) 19:36, 9 November 2024 (UTC)
- I second this, the results of the election are unanimous and this article should be updated to reflect that Deltakun (talk) 05:51, 22 November 2024 (UTC)
Who has the majority?
editIt seems the Republicans should be listed as having the majority. Adding the Independents with the Democrats to make it appear like they have the majority is misleading. Perhaps list the Independents with the Republican instead, if that is the way it works. 2600:1702:5890:2270:B96D:181E:7270:233E (talk) 15:45, 10 December 2024 (UTC)
- The Democrats have the majority because the independents choose to caucus with them. See https://www.senate.gov/about/origins-foundations/parties-leadership/majority-minority-leaders.htm listing democrats as the majority leader for the current congress. meamemg (talk) 17:02, 10 December 2024 (UTC)