The Republicans enjoy only the narrowest of numerical majorities in the State Senate — 32 out of 63 seats — but conservative Brooklyn Democrat Simcha Felder caucuses with them, and their control is further fortified by a «co-leadership» arrangement with the five - member Independent Democratic Conference led by Bronx State Senator Jeffrey Klein. (observer.com)
Indeed much energy has been invested into explaining why the apparent numerical majority of the poor has failed to produce socialist outcomes through the ballot (this is Przeworski's and Sprague's famous «paper stones» argument). (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)
Democrats won both special elections on April 24, giving them a 32 - 31 numerical majority with Republicans still in control of the chamber through their alliance with Felder. (ballotpedia.org)