{"id":1587187,"date":"2022-08-03T13:55:36","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T17:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1587187"},"modified":"2022-08-03T13:55:52","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T17:55:52","slug":"famous-pollster-gives-dems-the-edge-for-holding-senate-in-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/famous-pollster-gives-dems-the-edge-for-holding-senate-in-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Famous Pollster Gives Dems The Edge For Holding Senate In 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffamous-pollster-gives-dems-the-edge-for-holding-senate-in-2022%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1587187&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1236661951-scaled-e1659549104444.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>Democrats are slightly favored to hold the Senate in 2022, according to polling from Five Thirty Eight updated Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats currently hold the Senate by a narrow margin. Each party holds 50 Senate seats, but Democrat Vice President Kamala Harris serves as the tie-breaking vote.<\/p>\n<p>A sample of 100 outcomes <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/2022-election-forecast\/senate\/\">predicted by FiveThirtyEight<\/a> has Republicans winning 43 seats and Democrats winning 57.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Senate race is close, and in a few key races, Republicans have selected weak candidates, hurting their chances of taking the chambers in November,\u201d Five Thirty Eight editor-in-chief Nate Silver wrote of the results. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/11\/05\/nate-silver-defends-fivethirtyeights-election-predictions\/\">(RELATED:\u00a0\u2018F*ck You, We Did A Good Job\u2019: Nate Silver Defends FiveThirtyEight\u2019s Election Predictions)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">For the first time this cycle, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FiveThirtyEight?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FiveThirtyEight<\/a>\u2019s election forecasting model has Democrats as the favorite to hold the Senate majority. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DUjjs5uE4M\">pic.twitter.com\/DUjjs5uE4M<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 COURIER (@CourierNewsroom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CourierNewsroom\/status\/1552345308536913922?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump-endorsed candidate Blake Masters <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/03\/blake-masters-wins-arizona-republican-senate-primary\/\">won<\/a> his primary in Arizona on Tuesday, as well as Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2022-election\/eric-schmitt-wins-gop-primary-senate-missouri-defeating-former-gov-gre-rcna40974\">Eric Schmitt<\/a> in Missouri. Former NFL star Herschel Walker <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/24\/herschel-walker-wins-georgia-senate-gop-primary\/\">won<\/a> his primary in Georgia\u2019s Senate race in May.<\/p>\n<p>Sabato\u2019s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics still <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/28\/abortion-midterms-democratic-republican-voters-sabato\/\">projected<\/a> Republicans to win a majority in the House in July despite the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Politico projected Republicans to win both chambers of Congress, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/19\/democrats-predicted-take-massive-losses-in-2022-midterms\/\">according to<\/a> April polling.<\/p>\n<p>Most Americans want Republicans to take control of both the House and the Senate, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/18\/more-americans-want-republicans-to-control-congress-2022-poll\/\">Politico reported<\/a> in November.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats are slightly favored to hold the Senate in 2022, according to polling from Five Thirty Eight updated Wednesday.Democrats currently hold the Senate by a narrow margin. 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