Is the natural state of the Senate a GOP filibuster-proof majority?

[100% pro-life no matter what]

If you simply take the states that have R+ PVIs for 2016 and give them two Republican Senators and take the states with D+ PVIs and give them two Democratic Senators, you have a 64-36 GOP majority.  Even if you just give all Trump states two Republican Senators and all Clinton states two Democratic ones, you still have a 60-40 filibuster-proof GOP majority.  In fact, there are 11 Trump state Democratic Senators (and 15 in states that voted to the right of the nation as a whole) and only 3 Clinton state Republican Senators.

I think the natural equilibrium of the Senate with present coalitions is a Republican filibuster-proof majority.

[Thank you for being a friend...]

It would be if there weren't three Senate classes.    Having only 1/3 of the Senate up in a cycle is what helps the Democrats.

[Young Conservative]

By 2021 there could be a Republican super majority in the senate. The democrats aren't learning at all from their mistakes. So foolish.

[Figueira]

If the Democrats don't wake up soon it could be. Don't assume that the 2016 map is permanent, though.

[Young Conservative]

If the Democrats don't wake up soon it could be. Don't assume that the 2016 map is permanent, though.

I agree, but in the point to Texas, Georgia, and Arizona.