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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy Democrats will keep the Senate: A contrarian analysis of the 2014 midterms
"Sam Wang gives Democrats a 72 percent chance of keeping control of the Senate. It's not a widely held view, but he did accurately predict every Senate race in 2012. Here's why the pundits may be underestimating Democrats this year.
Unlike pretty much every other polling analyst out there ranging from Nate Silver to The New York Timess Upworthy to more traditional analysts, like Larry Sabato, Charles Cook, and Stuart Rothenberg Sam Wang believes that the Democrats are likely to hold on to the Senate this year, indeed he currently gives them a 72% chance of holding on to the Senate. While this is certainly a contrarian point of view at the moment, its worth noting that Mr. Wang did accurately predict the outcome of every Senate election in 2012 and, while he hasnt gotten the same press that people like Nate Silver have, his conclusions are at least worth paying attention to as we head into the final six weeks of the midterms."
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/DC-Decoder/Decoder-Voices/2014/0831/Why-Democrats-will-keep-the-Senate-A-contrarian-analysis-of-the-2014-midterms
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)3rdwaydem
(277 posts)still_one
(92,419 posts)3rdwaydem
(277 posts)Cha
(297,697 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(14,022 posts)These rosy predictions will only come true if every DUer drags his/her mother, brother, uncle, nephew, dog and a thousand of their friends to the polls on election day...
HoosierCowboy
(561 posts)....to win elections. Elections are won by less than three votes per precinct. Some someone sitting at home that you don't know, that wants to vote can determine the future of human civilization.
Find them!
Stardust
(3,894 posts)mountain grammy
(26,655 posts)They will impeach so fast it'll make your head spin...then look out! Republicans are dangerous.
still_one
(92,419 posts)it won't be enough
progressoid
(49,999 posts)still_one
(92,419 posts)have accomplished?
Even if they get a majority in the Senate, which incidentally I do not think they will, but if they did, it will be at most by one or 2 votes. The President has veto power.
The big problem that I would be concerned about, which might be your concern to would be the Supreme Court
William769
(55,148 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Their attitude now it it's their turn.
We're all supposed to pack up our things on the back of our big wheels and go home.