2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumSenate Update: Dems 52, GOP 48...But With Tons of Toss-ups
It is going to be quite an election night...plan to be on the phones all through October!
http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2014/07/senate-2014-election-update-dems-52-gop.html
Cosmocat
(14,561 posts)if this was the outcome ...
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)Enron Eddy is 20 points behind and has to deal with a libertarian taking 10% of the vote.
Also, Braley should win Iowa by a respectable margin. Once the campaign starts in a few weeks, Ernst's teanuttery will be known to all.
tgards79
(1,415 posts)Braley should win Iowa if he keeps his foot out of his mouth. And I like Begish in Alaska.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)-Alaska Senate
-Colorado Governor/Senate
-Florida Governor
-North Carolina Senate
They may help the Democrats just as they did in Virginia last year.
tgards79
(1,415 posts)Yes, certainly. In Alaska, for instance, when Begish beat Stevens in 2008, he won by 1 point, while Libertarian (or similar) candidates received 5 percent of the vote, almost certainly denying Stevens. They will be around again.
a kennedy
(29,642 posts)thanks for posting.
tgards79
(1,415 posts)Much appreciated...
livetohike
(22,133 posts)demwing
(16,916 posts)According to the site, Grimes is ahead in Kentucky by 2 (not true) and regarding Montana:
No relevant at this point...
tgards79
(1,415 posts)Grimes was ahead by two in the polls at that time but Kentucky was still in the GOP column. And you are right, this was written just before Walsh blew up in Montana. But that was a GOP state too.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)4dsc
(5,787 posts)tgards79
(1,415 posts)Yes, don't make calls in your home state, make calls in those nine battleground states...