{"id":1715620,"date":"2022-10-29T06:08:02","date_gmt":"2022-10-29T10:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1715620"},"modified":"2022-10-29T06:19:12","modified_gmt":"2022-10-29T10:19:12","slug":"decision-desk-hq-now-projects-gop-to-retake-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/decision-desk-hq-now-projects-gop-to-retake-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Decision Desk HQ Now Projects GOP to Retake Senate"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fdecision-desk-hq-now-projects-gop-to-retake-senate%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=1715620&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\/10\/33c58897-ac2c-4838-ba2d-95cb2a80176a-1110x740-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The tide may be turning for Republicans when it comes to winning back control of the Senate, at least according to Decision Desk HQ.<\/p>\n<p>The political forecasting and election results website announced Friday that Republicans now have a 50.4 percent chance of taking the Senate with 51 seats in their model, which is the first time Republicans have had better odds in their model since starting it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 Republicans are favored to win control of the U.S. Senate for the first time since we released our 2022 Elections Forecast. Our model currently predicts that Republicans have a 50.4% chance of control, and our mean seat projection is 51 (R) and 49 (D).<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UHhMBpQqvL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/UHhMBpQqvL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DecisionDeskHQ\/status\/1586052677372362753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>One of the reasons they attribute to this is how Republican Mehmet Oz now has a 53.1 percent chance of winning compared to Democrat John Fetterman\u2019s 46.9 percent in the toss-up Pennsylvania race. Fetterman\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/nick-arama\/2022\/10\/27\/oz-gives-perfect-reply-to-fetterman-claim-about-closed-captioning-system-n649927\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poor debate<\/a> performance earlier this week garnered widespread attention, and it arguably worked in Oz\u2019s favor.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mehmet Oz (R) is favored over John Fetterman (D) in Pennsylvania&#8217;s U.S. Senate race for the first time. Oz now has a 53.1% chance of winning, but the race remains a toss-up. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zGQ6WQkiFL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/zGQ6WQkiFL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DecisionDeskHQ\/status\/1586053239618686977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forecast.decisiondeskhq.com\/senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Decision Desk HQ<\/a> also ranks Nevada and Georgia as toss-ups. North Carolina and Ohio are ranked leaning Republican, whereas Arizona and New Hampshire are ranked leaning Democrat.<\/p>\n<p>This serves as a positive sign for Republicans, and there are still 11 days for the candidates to make their case to voters.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/2022-election-forecast\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FiveThirtyEight<\/a> gives Democrats a 52 in 100 chance of winning the Senate, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2022\/senate\/elections-map-rcp-projection.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RealClearPolitics<\/a> predicts that Republicans will pick up three seats and have a 53 to 47 majority.<\/p>\n<p>While predictions are just that, they are a useful tool for politicos and citizens alike to gauge what the political environment currently looks like. For example, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/10\/27\/arizonas-senate-blake-masters-forecast-00063661\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a> recently moved their Arizona Senate race status to \u201ctoss-up\u201d, as Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly is struggling to maintain a solid lead over Republican Blake Masters, who\u2019s a political outsider.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\nTrending on Redstate Video\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tide may be turning for Republicans when it comes to winning back control of the Senate, at least according to Decision Desk HQ. 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