With less than two weeks to go before the election, a Republican-controlled congress is looking more likely as Democrats struggle to convince voters that they can fix the economy.
There is a press conference in New York on December 23, 2019. Schumer laid out a long list of records and evidence that Democrats would like to see for President Trump's trial, including internal emails and documents from the White House, the State Department and the Office of Management and Budget. The photo was taken by David Dee Delgado.
According to the Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia, 49 seats are likely to be won by or solidly in the hands of each party.
In recent weeks, several individual Senate contests have moved closer to GOP victories.
According to FiveThirtyEight, the Republicans have a better chance of wresting control of the House from the Democrats than they did a week ago.
According to the Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics, a total of 218 House seats is the magic number to win a majority.
After changing its predictions on four races this week that were previously rated as toss-ups to leaning Republican, RealClearPolitics now predicts that the GOP will win at least 215 House seats.
There are four. Cook predicts that there will be two toss-ups in the Senate races.
Since early summer, political forecasts have predicted that Republicans will gain control of the House and that the president's party will lose seats in the election. The Senate outcome was once in favor of Democrats, who were hoping for a reversal of the abortion law. According to polls, the economy and record inflation are more important to Americans than Democrats. The faltering economy and low approval ratings of Biden have made him a key talking point for Republican congressional candidates. The Washington Post reported that since Labor Day, GOP candidates and groups have spent $63 million on ads that mention Joe Biden, second only to GOP ads that mention taxes. Democrats have spent $103 million on ads mentioning the issue of abortion rights in the last few months.
CNN reported Tuesday that Biden directed the DNC to shift $10 million to two committees because he was afraid of a Republican sweep. The Democrats' House and Senate campaign arms have received a record $27 million from the DNC, shattering the previous record of $13.9 million.
There are a lot of races that are close. According to the political analysts at Crystal Ball, the danger for Democrats is that the races will break disproportionately to the Republicans.
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