Thursday, October 13, 2016

October 13: Democrats 49 Seats, Republicans 51 Seats


Donald Trump's recent fall in the polls due to revelations about his history of sleaziness regarding women has not had much of a discernable impact in the polling for the U.S. Senate yet. Positive recent trends for Democrats have been seen in the senate race in Florida, and a recent Monmouth Poll in Missouri shows that the senate race there between Roy Blunt and Jason Kander is still close. However, polling has not yet indicated a bump in support for the Democratic candidates for senate in the closely watched races in North Carolina, Pennsylvania or New Hampshire, and the Democrats' positions in Ohio and Iowa remain poor. Recent polling in Wisconsin also shows incumbent GOP Senator Ron Johnson's support surging, which is a troubling sign for Democrats in a race they thought would be an easy pickup. 




Senate Race Ratings: 
Solid Dem
37 - California** - Harris or Sanchez
38 - New York - Schumer +46.3 (Schumer 73.2 - Long 26.9)
39 - Hawaii - Schatz +~40
40 - Vermont - Leahy +~40
41 - Maryland - Van Hollen +30.0 (Van Hollen 64.0 - Szeliga 34.0)
42 - Oregon - Wyden +27.6 (Wyden 63.8 - Callahan 36.2)
43 - Connecticut - Blumenthal +26.5 (Blumenthal 62.5 - Carter 36.0)
44 - Washington - Murray +17.5 (Murray 58.8 - Vance 43.4)
45 - Colorado - Bennet +12.2 (Bennet 54.2 - Glenn 42.0)

Likely Dem 
46 - Illinois - Duckworth +7.9 (Duckworth 51.0 - Kirk 43.1)

Lean Dem
47 - Indiana - Bayh +4.7 (Bayh 49.3 - Young 44.7)

Toss Up 
48 - Wisconsin - Feingold +2.1 (Feingold 51.1 - Johnson 49.0)
49 - Pennsylvania - McGinty +0.7 (McGinty 48.7 - Toomey 48.1)
51 - North Carolina - Burr +1.7 (Burr 49.2 - Ross 47.5)
50 - New Hampshire - Ayotte +2.4 (Ayotte 49.9 - Hassan 47.5)
49 - Missouri - Blunt +2.4 (Blunt 50.0 - Kander 47.7)

Lean GOP
48 - Florida - Rubio +3.4 (Rubio 51.3 - Murphy 47.9)
47 - Nevada - Heck +3.6 (Heck 48.5 - Cortez Masto 44.9)

Likely GOP
46 - Kentucky - Rand Paul +9.5 (Rand Paul 55.0 - Jim Gray 45.5)

Solid GOP 
45 - Louisiana* - Kennedy +13.0 (Kennedy 56.5 - Campbell 43.5)
44 - Ohio - Portman +14.7 (Portman 56.7 - Strickland 42.0)
43 - Georgia - Isakson +14.9 (Isakson 54.7 - Barksdale 39.8)
42 - Kansas - Moran +16.1 (Moran 55.6 - Wiesner 39.5)
41 - Iowa - Grassley +16.9 (Grassley 57.7 - Judge 40.7)
40 - Arizona - McCain +18.0 (McCain 58.5 - Kirkpatrick 40.5)
39 - Arkansas - Boozman +18.2 (Boozman 54.4 - Eldridge 36.2)
38 - South Carolina - Scott +22.4 (Scott 58.5 - Dixon 36.1)
37 - Alabama - Shelby +~30
36 - South Dakota - Thune +~30
35 - Utah - Lee +33.9 (Lee 63.2 - Snow 29.3)
34 - North Dakota - Hoeven +~35
33 - Alaska - Murkowski +35.5 (Murkowski 54.3 - Metcalfe 18.8)
32 - Idaho - Crapo +~36
31 - Oklahoma - Lankford +~40

Today’s prediction is based on the following polls:

Alabama Adjusted: R +30.0
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Shelby) Democrat (Crumpton) Spread (D-R) Republican (Shelby) Democrat (Crumpton) Spread (D-R)
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Alaska Adjusted: R +35.5
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Murkowski) Democrat (Metcalfe) Spread (D-R) Republican (Murkowski) Democrat (Metcalfe) Spread (D-R)
1 Moore 10/6 49 9 -40 52.5 20.5 -32.0
2 Alaska Survey Research 10/2 50 12 -38 56.2 17.2 -39.0
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Arizona Adjusted: R +18.0
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (McCain) Democrat (Kirkpatrick) Spread (D-R) Republican (McCain) Democrat (Kirkpatrick) Spread (D-R)
1 Emerson College 10/4 52 36 -15 53.7 39.6 -14.1
2 Insights West 9/14 53 35 -18 58.5 40.5 -18.0
3 Marist 9/8 57 38 -19 59.2 40.9 -18.3
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Arkansas Adjusted: R +18.2
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Boozman) Democrat (Eldridge) Spread (D-R) Republican (Boozman) Democrat (Eldridge) Spread (D-R)
1 Hendrix College 9/17 55 29 -26 57.9 34.6 -23.3
2 Emerson College 9/13 44 30 -15 51.0 37.8 -13.2
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Colorado Adjusted: D +12.2
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Glenn) Democrat (Bennet) Spread (D-R) Republican (Glenn) Democrat (Bennet) Spread (D-R)
1 Gravis 10/4 39 47 8 42.2 58.8 +16.6
2 Monmouth U. 10/2 35 53 18 37.8 55.2 +17.4
3 PPP 9/28 34 44 10 41.4 51.6 +10.2
4 Opinion Research (CNN) 9/25 43 53 10 44.0 54.1 +10.1
5 Quinnipiac 9/21 43 52 9 44.7 54.4 +9.7
6 Franklin & Marshall 9/18 31 42 11 41.8 53.2 +11.4
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Connecticut Adjusted: D +26.5
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Carter) Democrat (Blumenthal) Spread (D-R) Republican (Carter) Democrat (Blumenthal) Spread (D-R)
1 Emerson College 9/5 33 54 21 38.9 61.2 +22.3
2 Quinnipiac 6/5 30 60 30 33.2 63.9 +30.7
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Florida Adjusted: R +3.4
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Rubio) Democrat (Murphy) Spread (D-R) Republican (Rubio) Democrat (Murphy) Spread (D-R)
1 Opinion Savvy 10/11 48 44 -4 52.2 47.9 -4.3
2 Marist 10/5 48 46 -2 49.7 48.4 -1.3
3 Tel Opinion Research 10/4 49 41 -8 51.3 47.8 -3.5
4 U. of North Florida 10/4 47 41 -6 52.2 45.9 -6.3
5 Gravis 10/4 44 40 -4 47.5 52.6 +5.1
6 Emerson College 10/4 47 39 -8 50.0 43.8 -6.2
7 Quinnipiac 10/2 48 44 -4 51.7 48.4 -3.3
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Georgia Adjusted: R +14.9
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Isakson) Democrat (Barksdale) Spread (D-R) Republican (Isakson) Democrat (Barksdale) Spread (D-R)
1 JMC Analytics 9/22 41 28 -13 54.1 42.0 -12.1
2 Quinnipiac 9/21 55 34 -21 59.7 39.4 -20.3
3 Monmouth U. 9/18 50 34 -16 55.3 38.7 -16.6
4 Opinion Savvy 9/14 47 34 -13 53.9 40.3 -13.6
5 Emerson College 9/13 48 32 -16 52.3 37.6 -14.7
6 Marist 9/8 53 38 -15 57.2 42.9 -14.3
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Illinois Adjusted: D +7.9
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Kirk) Democrat (Duckworth) Spread (D-R) Republican (Kirk) Democrat (Duckworth) Spread (D-R)
1 SIU-Carbondale 10/2 34 48 14 39.2 53.6 +14.4
2 Emerson College 9/20 39 41 2 43.1 46.1 +3.0
3 Loras College 9/16 36 41 5 47.4 51.0 +3.6
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Indiana Adjusted: D +4.7
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Todd Young) Democrat (Evan Bayh) Spread (D-R) Republican (Todd Young) Democrat (Evan Bayh) Spread (D-R)
1 Public Opinion Strategies (POS) 10/5 41 42 1 44.6 47.5 +2.9
2 Monmouth U. 8/16 41 48 7 44.8 51.2 +6.4
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Iowa Adjusted: R +16.9
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Grassley) Democrat (Judge) Spread (D-R) Republican (Grassley) Democrat (Judge) Spread (D-R)
1 Selzer 10/6 53 36 -17 57.5 40.5 -17.0
2 Loras College 9/22 54 37 -17 59.1 41.0 -18.1
3 Quinnipiac 9/21 55 43 -12 55.7 44.4 -11.3
4 Monmouth U. 9/14 56 39 -17 57.8 40.2 -17.6
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Kansas Adjusted: R +16.1
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Moran) Democrat (Wiesner) Spread (D-R) Republican (Moran) Democrat (Wiesner) Spread (D-R)
1 SurveyUSA 9/11 50 34 -16 55.6 39.5 -16.1
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Kentucky Adjusted: R +9.5
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Rand Paul) Democrat (Jim Gray) Spread (D-R) Republican (Rand Paul) Democrat (Jim Gray) Spread (D-R)
1 Babbage (Google C.S.) 9/16 33 25 -7 53.3 46.7 -6.6
2 Harper 8/1 50 38 -12 56.7 44.4 -12.3
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Louisiana Adjusted: R +13.0
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Kennedy) Democrat (Campbell) Spread (D-R) Republican (Kennedy) Democrat (Campbell) Spread (D-R)
1 Remington 8/30 51 27 -24 56.5 43.5 -13.0
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Maryland Adjusted: D +30.0
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Szeliga) Democrat (Van Hollen) Spread (D-R) Republican (Szeliga) Democrat (Van Hollen) Spread (D-R)
1 University of Maryland 9/30 29 58 29 32.5 61.5 +29.0
2 Goucher College 9/20 24 54 30 34.0 64.0 +30.0
3 OpinionWorks 8/30 26 55 29 35.3 64.8 +29.5
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Missouri Adjusted: R +2.4
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Blunt) Democrat (Kander) Spread (D-R) Republican (Blunt) Democrat (Kander) Spread (D-R)
1 Monmouth U. 10/11 46 44 -2 49.8 47.2 -2.6
2 Emerson College 9/13 40 42 2 43.3 47.0 +3.7
3 Remington 9/2 47 40 -7 50.3 49.8 -0.5
4 PPP 8/27 47 43 -4 51.9 48.1 -3.8
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Nevada Adjusted: R +3.6
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Heck) Democrat (Cortez Masto) Spread (D-R) Republican (Heck) Democrat (Cortez Masto) Spread (D-R)
1 Clarity Campaign Labs 10/11 40 41 1 48.5 43.6 -4.9
2 PPP 10/11 39 43 4 52.4 47.6 -4.8
3 Emerson College 10/4 45 41 -5 48.5 44.9 -3.6
4 Hart Research Assocs. 10/2 47 46 -1 51.2 48.9 -2.3
5 Bendixen & Amandi 9/29 47 45 -2 51.0 49.0 -2.0
6 Suffolk U. 9/29 38 35 -3 47.4 43.7 -3.7
7 AR/Shaw (Fox News) 9/20 43 36 -7 47.2 39.8 -7.4
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New Hampshire Adjusted: R +2.4
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Ayotte) Democrat (Hassan) Spread (D-R) Republican (Ayotte) Democrat (Hassan) Spread (D-R)
1 PPP 10/9 43 44 1 52.7 47.4 -5.3
2 Suffolk U. 10/5 47 41 -6 51.4 44.7 -6.7
3 MassINC 9/29 46 48 2 47.4 49.6 +2.2
4 GBA Strategies 9/27 44 47 3 45.4 47.6 +2.2
5 ARG 9/25 47 47 0 50.0 50.1 +0.1
6 Monmouth U. 9/20 47 45 -2 49.8 47.2 -2.6
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New York Adjusted: D +46.3
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Long) Democrat (Schumer) Spread (D-R) Republican (Long) Democrat (Schumer) Spread (D-R)
1 Marist 9/23 24 70 46 26.7 73.4 +46.7
2 Siena 9/15 23 69 46 26.9 73.2 +46.3
3 Emerson College 8/30 23 60 37 28.4 66.7 +38.3
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North Carolina Adjusted: R +1.7
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Burr) Democrat (Ross) Spread (D-R) Republican (Burr) Democrat (Ross) Spread (D-R)
1 Suffolk U. 10/12 40 36 -3 49.2 45.3 -3.9
2 High Point U. 10/6 47 42 -5 49.5 44.5 -5.0
3 SurveyUSA 10/3 46 44 -2 49.6 47.5 -2.1
4 Quinnipiac 10/2 46 46 0 49.2 49.9 +0.7
5 Selzer 10/2 44 46 2 48.0 50.0 +2.0
6 Elon U. 9/30 44 45 1 47.1 47.9 +0.8
7 PPP 9/28 41 39 -2 47.9 46.1 -1.8
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North Dakota Adjusted: R +35.0
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Hoeven) Democrat (Glassheim) Spread (D-R) Republican (Hoeven) Democrat (Glassheim) Spread (D-R)
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Ohio Adjusted: R +14.7
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Portman) Democrat (Strickland) Spread (D-R) Republican (Portman) Democrat (Strickland) Spread (D-R)
1 Baldwin Wallace U. 10/11 48 36 -12 56.5 44.5 -12.0
2 YouGov 10/7 49 38 -11 54.8 42.2 -12.6
3 PPP 10/6 51 36 -15 56.9 42.1 -14.8
4 Monmouth U. 10/4 54 39 -15 56.8 41.2 -15.6
5 Anzalone Liszt Grove 10/2 51 39 -12 55.5 39.6 -15.9
6 Quinnipiac 10/2 55 38 -17 58.2 41.9 -16.3
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Oregon Adjusted: D +27.6
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Callahan) Democrat (Wyden) Spread (D-R) Republican (Callahan) Democrat (Wyden) Spread (D-R)
1 Gravis 10/4 33 52 19 36.2 63.8 +27.6
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Pennsylvania Adjusted: D +0.7
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Toomey) Democrat (McGinty) Spread (D-R) Republican (Toomey) Democrat (McGinty) Spread (D-R)
1 Selzer 10/11 45 47 2 48.0 50.0 +2.0
2 Susquehanna / VSS 10/9 42 38 -4 48.1 44.0 -4.1
3 YouGov 10/7 42 42 0 50.3 48.7 -1.6
4 Marist 10/7 44 48 4 46.7 51.4 +4.7
5 Monmouth U. 10/3 46 46 0 48.8 48.2 -0.6
6 Quinnipiac 10/2 50 42 -8 53.2 45.9 -7.3
7 Franklin & Marshall 10/2 35 41 6 45.8 52.2 +6.4
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South Carolina Adjusted: R +22.4
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Tim Scott) Democrat (Dixon) Spread (D-R) Republican (Tim Scott) Democrat (Dixon) Spread (D-R)
1 Starboard Comms. 9/9 58 22 -36 62.0 34.0 -28.0
2 PPP 8/10 45 28 -17 54.9 38.1 -16.8
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South Dakota Adjusted: R +30.0
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Thune) Democrat (Williams) Spread (D-R) Republican (Thune) Democrat (Williams) Spread (D-R)
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Utah Adjusted: R +33.9
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Mike Lee) Democrat (Snow) Spread (D-R) Republican (Mike Lee) Democrat (Snow) Spread (D-R)
1 Dan Jones & Assocs. 9/9 60 23 -37 65.5 27.6 -37.9
2 PPP 8/21 51 21 -30 60.9 31.1 -29.8
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Washington Adjusted: D +17.5
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Vance) Democrat (Murray) Spread (D-R) Republican (Vance) Democrat (Murray) Spread (D-R)
1 Emerson College 9/27 41 48 6 44.5 52.2 +7.7
2 Insights West 9/14 25 46 21 38.5 59.5 +21.0
3 Elway 8/13 34 52 18 41.3 58.8 +17.5
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Wisconsin Adjusted: D +2.1
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Johnson) Democrat (Feingold) Spread (D-R) Republican (Johnson) Democrat (Feingold) Spread (D-R)
1 Marquette 10/9 46 48 2 49.0 51.1 +2.1
2 YouGov 10/7 42 45 3 49.3 50.7 +1.4
3 Loras College 10/5 45 40 -5 51.9 45.6 -6.3
4 Gravis 10/4 41 53 12 42.0 58.1 +16.1
5 Emerson College 9/20 42 52 10 42.7 53.9 +11.2
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