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		<title>The House Democrats and the Big Blue Wave</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been doing analyses of house races in which I fairly conservatively evaluated each of the close races. Here, I use a slightly different approach. I use only the most recent non partisan poll to estimate the chance of a Democrat vs. Republican winning the race. When I do this, I get just enough Democrats &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/11/01/the-house-democrats-and-the-big-blue-wave/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The House Democrats and the Big Blue Wave</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve been doing analyses of house races in which I fairly conservatively evaluated each of the close races. Here, I use a slightly different approach. I use only the most recent non partisan poll to estimate the chance of a Democrat vs. Republican winning the race.</p>
<p>When I do this, I get just enough Democrats winning to remain a minority but by only one seat. However, that puts seven seats NOT in the Democratic column because they are estimated to be at exactly 50-50.</p>
<p>These seats, clearly key, are FL26, KY06, MI11, NM02, NY19, OH12, and UT04.</p>
<p>If those are really 50-50, then a conservative two or three seats among them will be Democratic at the end of election night, and the Democrats will have a slim majority in the House.</p>
<p>If we insert a magical blue wave, raising all the chances of Democrats winning by one percentage point, then the Democratic majority is much larger, to the tune of about 27 seats.  A two percent blue wave gives the Democrats, interestingly, just a few more, to reach 35 seats.</p>
<p>However, that is unlikely, if the Blue Wave is already factored into the polls.</p>
<p>We might think of there being two Blue Waves.  Or, a Blue Wave and a Blue Tide added together. Or a Blue High Tide with a Blue Storm Surge on top of it. Whatever. Point is, there is the general, expected, electorate, which I assume the polls cover, and that may be enough. But added to this is the added votes from the ever mythical &#8220;they never vote but they might come out this one time,as if&#8221; vote.  That is where the one or two percent extra could come from. I suspect the effects of that extra spring tide may be seen in only some districts.</p>
<p>Here is my raw data, ranked from highest proportion to Democrats to lowest. Feel free to argue.</p>
<p>PA05    0.60<br />
PA06    0.60<br />
MN02    0.57<br />
VA10    0.57<br />
CA49    0.57<br />
PA07    0.56<br />
PA17    0.56<br />
AZ02    0.56<br />
KA03    0.56<br />
CO06    0.55<br />
NJ07    0.55<br />
FL27    0.54<br />
IO01    0.54<br />
MN03    0.53<br />
KA02    0.53<br />
IO03    0.51<br />
IL06    0.51<br />
CA10    0.51<br />
MN01    0.51<br />
CA45    0.51<br />
NJ11    0.51<br />
NY22    0.51<br />
CA39    0.51<br />
ME02    0.51<br />
FL26    0.50<br />
KY06    0.50<br />
MI11    0.50<br />
NM02    0.50<br />
NY19    0.50<br />
OH12    0.50<br />
UT04    0.50<br />
CA25    0.50<br />
TX32    0.49<br />
IL14    0.49<br />
PA01    0.49<br />
TX07    0.49<br />
NJ03    0.49<br />
NC09    0.49<br />
CA48    0.49<br />
FL15    0.49<br />
MI08    0.48<br />
VA02    0.48<br />
VA07    0.47<br />
NC13    0.47<br />
MN08    0.41<br />
PA14    0.40</p>
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