Lawmakers, forecasters: Election Day up for grabs
By Brett Samuels - 11/04/18 02:57 PM EST
Lawmakers, party leaders and election prognosticators cautioned Sunday that control of Congress is far from settled heading into Election Day on Tuesday, as Democrats and Republicans sought to make a final pitch to voters.
Early voting numbers are skyrocketing around the country, with Republican votes slightly edging out Democratic as of Wednesday, according to NBC. But a pair of polls released Sunday morning showed Democrats with a 7- and 8-point lead on generic ballots.
Changing projections, high voter enthusiasm, and not-too-distant memories of President Trump defying polls that showed him trailing late in the 2016 presidential election have party officials and lawmakers urging supporters not to take anything for granted when they weigh how to vote this year.
“No one should be surprised if [Democrats] only win 19 seats. And no one should be surprised if they win 51 seats,†Nate Silver, election forecaster and founder of FiveThirtyEight, said on ABC’s “This Week.â€
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