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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumShareblue Benchmark Senate Model: Dem 51- Repub 49
https://mobile.twitter.com/benchmarkpol/status/789149489713942528Benchmark Politics ?@benchmarkpol
Launching our senate model! Democrats are projected to have 51 seats to Republicans 49.
For Interactive Map, click a State and see individual races here:
http://benchmark.shareblue.com/national-senate-race/
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Shareblue Benchmark Senate Model: Dem 51- Repub 49 (Original Post)
misterhighwasted
Oct 2016
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mucifer
(23,565 posts)1. beware of the "blue dogs" we need as many senate seats as possible
Stallion
(6,476 posts)2. Benchmark Was Great in the Primaries
I relied on them more than any other source and they get down to the County level. They called many primaries before anyone else
misterhighwasted
(9,148 posts)3. I appreciate the details they use in predicting.
Benchmark Politics is the only predictive model to include county-level demographic, economic, and polling data to make accurate predictions about national elections. Benchmark was the most accurate forecaster of the 2016 Democratic primaries
Attention to accuracy is why they have the reputation they do.
still_one
(92,396 posts)4. I really hope we can pull the Penn Senate seat