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sentences that state something as happening or true
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1 of 17 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Partially, that’s because Senate races have more general appeal than individual House races.1
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races → ’ → races.1
Most people who are following the election even semi-regularly have heard of candidates in high-profile statewide contests like James Talarico, even if just from their omnipresent ads.
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who → follow → ads
But you have to be more of a serious politics nerd to know the names of many House candidates outside your own district.
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you → have → district
FLIPR’s Deluxe forecast gives Democrats a 95 percent chance of retaking the lower chamber.
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forecast → give → chamber
Certainly, 5 percent chances do happen (5 percent of the time, duh!) but Republicans’ 25 percent chance of holding on to the Senate is a much more meaningful source of uncertainty as we enter the final week of the campaign.
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we → happen → campaign
In fact, since our House tour in late August, the number of seats FLIPR rates as Solid D has increased by one, while the model has added 14 seats to the Likely D camp.2
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model → increase → camp.2
That’s not a great sign for Republicans, obviously.
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That → ’ → Republicans
The battleground expanding late in the race is a hallmark of a wave election.
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battleground → expand → election
However, ending up with a House majority is a relatively low bar.
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ending → end → majority
You can point to countless examples from the past two years that show how much trouble Mike Johnson has had governing with a minuscule House majority.
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Johnson → point → majority
And how much cushion do Democrats have if the night is on the disappointing side for the party?
Unlike the topline “which party controls the House” question, there’s still a lot of uncertainty on that front.
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party → have → front
If something like the most recent New York Times/Siena poll is dead on and Democrats win the popular vote by 11 points, House seats that would have looked like longshots for Democrats six months ago will almost certainly flip.
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that → win → Democrats
On the other hand, if Democrats have just an okay year or are being overestimated in the polls, their majority could be slim indeed.
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majority → have → polls
That’s doubly true because even though it looks like many of Republicans’ hoped-for redistricting gains won’t come to fruition this cycle, the redraws did succeed in tilting the overall bias of the House map in their favor.
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redraws → ’ → favor
And gerrymandering by both parties, along with voter self-sorting (cities blue; rural areas red) has reduced the number of competitive districts.
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areas → reduce → districts
So let’s go through every remotely competitive House race — all 83 of them — to see where Democrats stand to gain the most ground.
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Democrats → let → ground
But first, to get a better idea of how many seats Democrats need to pick up, let’s look at where they’re playing defense.
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they → get → defense
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