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Election analyst Nate Silver has given a major update to his midterm election predictions – and it’s good news for the Democrats.
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it → give → Democrats
Silver predicts there is now a 79 percent chance of Democrats taking the Senate, up from his previous estimate of 75 percent, as Republicans brace themselves for a blowout.
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Republicans → predict → blowout
“Very strong polls for Democrats in individual Senate races over the past couple of days,” Silver posted on X. “Polls can be wrong, that's what models/probabilities/markets are for, but I think we're past the point where you can honestly say ‘polls show the Senate is too close to call.’”
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Senate → post → point
The election forecaster revealed his new figures on The Argument YouTube show.
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forecaster → reveal → show
“It's 79 in the Senate,” he said.
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he → say → Senate
“That's a little bit higher than prediction markets, but I feel decent about that actually.”
But Silver also cautioned on his Substack that Democrats’ polling leads in key Senate battleground states, including Texas, Ohio, Alaska and Maine, “are all just a normal-sized polling error away from flipping.”
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leads → feel → Texas
Democrats “remain strong favorites” to retake the House, Silver added.
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Silver → remain → House
President Donald Trump’s favorite pollster, CNN’s Harry Enten, also predicted Democrats will win big next Tuesday.
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Democrats → predict → ?
We’re now talking 223 seats.
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We → talk → seats
This is north of the 218 that Democrats need to take back the U.S. House of Representatives,” Enten said Wednesday.
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Enten → need → Representatives
Next week’s elections are widely considered a referendum on the Trump administration after nearly two years in power.
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elections → consider → power
Trump’s approval ratings have tanked to historic lows amid his deeply unpopular war in Iran, and as Americans continue to struggle with the cost of living.
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Americans → tank → living
Republicans are bracing themselves for “a brutal evening” as some members are already expressing resignation about losing their majorities in Congress, Politico reports.
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Politico → brace → Congress
“Once the dominoes start falling it becomes hard to stop them,” one senior Republican strategisttoldthe outlet.
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it → start → outlet
They are nevertheless facing “a worse position than they expected earlier this year,” according to Politico.
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they → face → Politico
“Any Democrats telling you they aren’t winning the Senate [besides] a couple of seats are sandbagging expectations,” one particularly dismayed senior Republican is quoted as saying.
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Republican → tell → expectations
Around 40 million Americans have already cast their ballots in an election that will have major repercussions for the second half of Trump’s final term.
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that → cast → term
If Democrats do retake the House and the Senate, it would render him a lame duck, powerless to pass his legislative agenda and under investigation by emboldened Democrats on Capitol Hill.
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him → retake → Hill
Trump has dismissed unfavorable polling as “fake.”
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Trump → dismiss → polling
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