Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Every Senate Race in One Chart - October 26: Democrats 50 seats, Republicans 50 seats

It finally happened. For the first time since September 13, my model now shows Democrats capturing 50 seats, which would be enough to control the Senate assuming a Hillary Clinton victory (which is extremely likely, according to all the polls). The change came from Nevada, where two recent non-partisan media polls show Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto with a slim lead over Republican Joe Heck. 

The change comes at a moment when in Florida, Republican incumbent senator and one-time presidential candidate Marco Rubio appears to be pulling away from Democratic challenger Patrick Murphy in the polls. These polls coincide with the decision by senators Chuck Schumer and Jon Tester of the DSCC to pull funding out of the race to concentrate on other senate races, a decision recently criticized by Florida Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson, minority leader Sen. Harry Reid, and former president Bill Clinton. This polling suggests that maybe this was the right move by Schumer (though he himself is sitting on $20 million that he won't need; see chart below).






Senate Race Ratings: 
Solid Dem
37 - California** - Harris or Sanchez
38 - New York - Schumer +43.0 (Schumer 71.3 - Long 28.3)
39 - Hawaii - Schatz +~40
40 - Vermont - Leahy +~40
41 - Maryland - Van Hollen +30.0 (Van Hollen 64.0 - Szeliga 34.0)
42 - Connecticut - Blumenthal +26.5 (Blumenthal 62.5 - Carter 36.0)
43 - Oregon - Wyden +24.8 (Wyden 61.1 - Callahan 36.4)
44 - Washington - Murray +21.0 (Murray 59.5 - Vance 38.5)
45 - Colorado - Bennet +14.3 (Bennet 55.0 - Glenn 40.7)

Likely Dem 
46 - Illinois - Duckworth +10.1 (Duckworth 53.0 - Kirk 42.9)
47 - Wisconsin - Feingold +7.4 (Feingold 52.7 - Johnson 45.3)

Lean Dem
48 - Indiana - Bayh +4.8 (Bayh 49.7 - Young 45.0)

Toss Up 
49 - Pennsylvania - McGinty +1.5 (McGinty 50.0 - Toomey 48.5)
50 - Nevada - Cortez Masto +0.8 (Cortez Masto 48.1 - Heck 47.3)
50 - New Hampshire - Ayotte +0.3 (Ayotte 47.3 - Hassan 47.1)
49 - Missouri - Blunt +0.7 (Blunt 49.8 - Kander 49.1)
48 - North Carolina - Burr +1.3 (Burr 49.4 - Ross 48.1)

Lean GOP
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Likely GOP
47 - Florida - Rubio +6.5 (Rubio 51.8 - Murphy 45.3)
46 - Kentucky - Rand Paul +9.1 (Rand Paul 54.8 - Jim Gray 45.7)

Solid GOP 
45 - Arizona - McCain +10.3 (McCain 52.0 - Kirkpatrick 41.7)
44 - Louisiana* - Kennedy +13.0 (Kennedy 56.5 - Campbell 43.5)
43 - Georgia - Isakson +13.1 (Isakson 54.3 - Barksdale 41.2)
42 - Arkansas - Boozman +14.4 (Boozman 52.9 - Eldridge 38.5)
41 - Iowa - Grassley +14.6 (Grassley 57.1 - Judge 42.5)
40 - Ohio - Portman +15.0 (Portman 56.5 - Strickland 41.5)
39 - South Carolina - Scott +22.4 (Scott 58.5 - Dixon 36.1)
38 - Kansas - Moran +25.1 (Moran 60.1 - Wiesner 35.0)
37 - South Dakota - Thune +29 (Thune 64.5 - Williams 35.5)
36 - Utah - Lee +32.3 (Lee 63.3 - Snow 31.0)
35 - North Dakota - Hoeven +~35
34 - Alaska - Murkowski +35.5 (Murkowski 54.3 - Metcalfe 18.8)
33 - Idaho - Crapo +~36
32 - Oklahoma - Lankford +~40
31 - Alabama - Shelby +44.3 (Shelby 71.9 - Crumpton 27.5)

Today’s prediction is based on the following polls:


Alabama Adjusted: R +44.3
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Shelby) Democrat (Crumpton) Spread (D-R) Republican (Shelby) Democrat (Crumpton) Spread (D-R)
1 A. Power (Google C.S.) 10/20 71 26 -45 72 28 -44.3
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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 +10.3
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (McCain) Democrat (Kirkpatrick) Spread (D-R) Republican (McCain) Democrat (Kirkpatrick) Spread (D-R)
1 Monmouth U. 10/24 50 40 -10 52.3 41.7 -10.6
2 Ipsos 10/18 48 38 -10 53.1 43.0 -10.1
3 SurveyMonkey 10/16 48 45 -3 51.0 48.0 -3.0
4 ASU (Morrison/Cronkite) 10/15 52 40 -12 52.0 39.6 -12.4
5 HighGround (AZ) 10/14 45 35 -10 51.0 41.0 -10.0
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Arkansas Adjusted: R +14.4
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Boozman) Democrat (Eldridge) Spread (D-R) Republican (Boozman) Democrat (Eldridge) Spread (D-R)
1 Hendrix College 10/21 52 34 -18 54.8 39.3 -15.5
2 Emerson College 9/13 44 30 -15 51.0 37.8 -13.2
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Colorado Adjusted: D +14.3
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Glenn) Democrat (Bennet) Spread (D-R) Republican (Glenn) Democrat (Bennet) Spread (D-R)
1 Quinnipiac 10/16 38 56 18 40.7 59.4 +18.7
2 SurveyMonkey 10/16 42 52 10 45.0 55.0 +10.0
3 Magellan 10/13 32 47 15 37.7 53.3 +15.6
4 Gravis 10/13 38 48 10 40.7 58.3 +17.6
5 Monmouth U. 10/2 35 53 18 37.8 55.2 +17.4
6 PPP 9/28 34 44 10 41.4 51.6 +10.2
7 Opinion Research (CNN) 9/25 43 53 10 44.0 54.1 +10.1
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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 +6.5
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Rubio) Democrat (Murphy) Spread (D-R) Republican (Rubio) Democrat (Murphy) Spread (D-R)
1 Selzer 10/24 51 41 -10 53.5 43.5 -10.0
2 SurveyUSA 10/24 45 41 -4 49.1 45.0 -4.1
3 YouGov 10/22 44 42 -2 48.8 45.2 -3.6
4 Florida Atlantic U. 10/23 46 42 -4 51.8 48.3 -3.5
5 Opinion Savvy 10/20 46 46 0 50.4 49.7 -0.7
6 Rasmussen 10/20 47 39 -8 53.0 47.0 -6.0
7 A. Power (Google C.S.) 10/20 57 38 -19 58.8 40.2 -18.6
8 Assoc. Ind. Of Florida 10/19 43 38 -5 45.8 46.3 +0.5
9 Cherry Comms. 10/19 51 37 -14 53.7 45.3 -8.4
Georgia Adjusted: R +13.1
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Isakson) Democrat (Barksdale) Spread (D-R) Republican (Isakson) Democrat (Barksdale) Spread (D-R)
1 Abt SRBI Inc. 10/20 47 32 -15 52.2 36.5 -15.7
2 Opinion Savvy 10/20 51 42 -9 53.4 43.3 -10.1
3 A. Power (Google C.S.) 10/20 59 36 -22 59.7 38.2 -21.5
4 Luc.id/Times-Picayune 10/18 49 39 -10 55.5 45.5 -10.0
5 SurveyMonkey 10/16 50 46 -4 52.0 48.0 -4.0
6 Landmark 10/12 50 37 -14 54.6 40.5 -14.1
7 JMC Analytics 9/22 41 28 -13 54.1 42.0 -12.1
8 Quinnipiac 9/21 55 34 -21 59.7 39.4 -20.3
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Illinois Adjusted: D +10.1
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Kirk) Democrat (Duckworth) Spread (D-R) Republican (Kirk) Democrat (Duckworth) Spread (D-R)
1 Victory (McCulloch) 10/18 39 50 11 42.9 53.9 +11.0
2 GS Strategy Group 10/5 37 41 4 41.0 53.0 +12.0
3 SIU-Carbondale 10/2 34 48 14 39.2 53.6 +14.4
4 Normington Petts 9/29 37 46 9 50.1 49.9 -0.2
5 Emerson College 9/20 39 41 2 43.1 46.1 +3.0
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Indiana Adjusted: D +4.8
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Todd Young) Democrat (Evan Bayh) Spread (D-R) Republican (Todd Young) Democrat (Evan Bayh) Spread (D-R)
1 Gravis 10/24 37 39 2 45.0 48.1 +3.1
2 Ball State U. 10/16 43 49 6 46.0 52.0 +6.0
3 Monmouth U. 10/13 42 48 6 44.3 49.7 +5.4
4 Pub. Op. Strategies (POS) 10/11 40 39 -1 42.3 49.7 +7.4
5 Luc.id/Times-Picayune 10/10 43 46 3 48.5 51.5 +3.0
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Iowa Adjusted: R +14.6
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Grassley) Democrat (Judge) Spread (D-R) Republican (Grassley) Democrat (Judge) Spread (D-R)
1 SurveyMonkey 10/16 56 40 -16 58.5 42.5 -16.0
2 A. Power (Google C.S.) 10/14 56 41 -15 56.6 42.4 -14.2
3 Luc.id/Times-Picayune 10/10 51 39 -12 56.5 44.5 -12.0
4 Selzer 10/6 53 36 -17 57.5 40.5 -17.0
5 Loras College 9/22 54 37 -17 59.1 41.0 -18.1
6 Quinnipiac 9/21 55 43 -12 55.7 44.4 -11.3
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Kansas Adjusted: R +25.1
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Moran) Democrat (Wiesner) Spread (D-R) Republican (Moran) Democrat (Wiesner) Spread (D-R)
1 SurveyUSA 10/15 56 31 -25 60.1 35.0 -25.1
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Kentucky Adjusted: R +9.1
  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.) 10/15 33 27 -7 53.0 47.1 -5.9
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 +0.7
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Blunt) Democrat (Kander) Spread (D-R) Republican (Blunt) Democrat (Kander) Spread (D-R)
1 Emerson College 10/19 44 44 0 47.4 49.1 +1.7
2 A. Power (Google C.S.) 10/14 44 51 7 45.0 52.7 +7.7
3 Monmouth U. 10/11 46 44 -2 49.8 47.2 -2.6
4 Remington 9/2 47 40 -7 50.3 49.8 -0.5
5 PPP 8/27 47 43 -4 51.9 48.1 -3.8
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Nevada Adjusted: D +0.8
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Heck) Democrat (Cortez Masto) Spread (D-R) Republican (Heck) Democrat (Cortez Masto) Spread (D-R)
1 Bendixen & Amandi 10/23 44 45 1 48.5 49.5 +1.0
2 Rasmussen 10/22 41 43 2 44.0 48.0 +4.0
3 Monmouth U. 10/17 45 42 -3 47.3 43.7 -3.6
4 SurveyMonkey 10/16 48 47 -1 50.5 49.5 -1.0
5 Opinion Research (CNN) 10/15 45 52 7 45.5 52.6 +7.1
6 YouGov 10/14 39 39 0 48.8 47.2 -1.6
7 JMC Analytics 10/13 41 47 6 41.4 48.1 +6.7
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New Hampshire Adjusted: R +0.3
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Ayotte) Democrat (Hassan) Spread (D-R) Republican (Ayotte) Democrat (Hassan) Spread (D-R)
1 Monmouth U. 10/25 46 46 0 47.3 46.7 -0.6
2 YouGov 10/21 48 44 -4 50.8 45.2 -5.6
3 Emerson College 10/19 45 45 0 44.7 45.9 +1.2
4 UNH 10/17 39 48 9 44.4 51.7 +7.3
5 SurveyMonkey 10/16 42 47 5 42.5 47.5 +5.0
6 MassINC 10/12 47 47 0 49.4 49.6 +0.2
7 UMass Lowell 10/11 45 44 -1 48.0 47.1 -0.9
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New York Adjusted: D +43.0
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Long) Democrat (Schumer) Spread (D-R) Republican (Long) Democrat (Schumer) Spread (D-R)
1 Siena 10/17 27 66 39 29.9 69.2 +39.3
2 Marist 9/23 24 70 46 26.7 73.4 +46.7
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North Carolina Adjusted: R +1.3
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Burr) Democrat (Ross) Spread (D-R) Republican (Burr) Democrat (Ross) Spread (D-R)
1 Siena 10/23 46 47 1 49.4 50.7 +1.3
2 Monmouth U. 10/23 49 43 -6 51.8 45.2 -6.6
3 PPP 10/22 42 41 -1 47.4 46.6 -0.8
4 Rasmussen 10/20 46 45 -1 49.5 50.5 +1.0
5 Luc.id/Times-Picayune 10/18 46 44 -2 51.0 49.0 -2.0
6 National Research Inc. 10/17 46 39 -7 50.3 43.5 -6.8
7 SurveyUSA 10/16 45 43 -2 48.1 46.0 -2.1
8 SurveyMonkey 10/16 42 48 6 43.5 49.5 +6.0
9 Opinion Research (CNN) 10/15 48 47 -1 49.0 48.1 -0.9
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 +15.0
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Portman) Democrat (Strickland) Spread (D-R) Republican (Portman) Democrat (Strickland) Spread (D-R)
1 Rasmussen 10/20 49 38 -11 54.5 45.5 -9.0
2 Suffolk U. 10/19 46 31 -15 54.7 39.0 -15.7
3 Quinnipiac 10/16 54 41 -13 55.7 43.4 -12.3
4 SurveyMonkey 10/16 56 39 -17 58.5 41.5 -17.0
5 Opinion Research (CNN) 10/15 56 40 -16 57.0 41.1 -15.9
6 Marist 10/12 55 37 -18 57.2 39.9 -17.3
7 Emerson College 10/12 47 30 -17 54.7 39.0 -15.7
8 Baldwin Wallace U. 10/11 48 36 -12 56.5 44.5 -12.0
9 Luc.id/Times-Picayune 10/10 51 37 -14 57.0 43.0 -14.0
Oregon Adjusted: D +24.8
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Callahan) Democrat (Wyden) Spread (D-R) Republican (Callahan) Democrat (Wyden) Spread (D-R)
1 SurveyUSA 10/12 32 54 22 36.6 58.5 +21.9
2 Gravis 10/4 33 52 19 36.2 63.8 +27.6
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Pennsylvania Adjusted: D +1.5
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Toomey) Democrat (McGinty) Spread (D-R) Republican (Toomey) Democrat (McGinty) Spread (D-R)
1 Rasmussen 10/20 41 44 3 47.5 52.5 +5.0
2 Emerson College 10/19 46 43 -3 48.5 46.6 -1.9
3 Quinnipiac 10/16 49 45 -4 51.7 48.4 -3.3
4 SurveyMonkey 10/16 47 47 0 50.0 50.0 +0.0
5 Selzer 10/11 45 47 2 48.0 50.0 +2.0
6 Luc.id/Times-Picayune 10/10 44 44 0 50.0 50.0 +0.0
7 Susquehanna / VSS 10/9 42 38 -4 48.1 44.0 -4.1
8 YouGov 10/7 42 42 0 50.3 48.7 -1.6
9 Marist 10/7 44 48 4 46.7 51.4 +4.7
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 +29.0
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Thune) Democrat (Williams) Spread (D-R) Republican (Thune) Democrat (Williams) Spread (D-R)
1 Remington 10/21 57 36 -21 60.5 39.5 -21.0
2 Mason-Dixon 10/20 65 27 -38 68.5 31.5 -37.0
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Utah Adjusted: R +32.3
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Mike Lee) Democrat (Snow) Spread (D-R) Republican (Mike Lee) Democrat (Snow) Spread (D-R)
1 Rasmussen 10/24 56 26 -30 59.0 31.0 -28.0
2 Monmouth U. 10/12 60 31 -29 63.3 33.7 -29.6
3 Dan Jones & Assocs. 9/9 60 23 -37 65.5 27.6 -37.9
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Washington Adjusted: D +21.0
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Vance) Democrat (Murray) Spread (D-R) Republican (Vance) Democrat (Murray) Spread (D-R)
1 Elway 10/22 34 58 24 38.3 61.8 +23.5
2 Emerson College 9/27 41 48 6 44.5 52.2 +7.7
3 Insights West 9/14 25 46 21 38.5 59.5 +21.0
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Wisconsin Adjusted: D +7.4
  Pollster Last day in field Republican (Johnson) Democrat (Feingold) Spread (D-R) Republican (Johnson) Democrat (Feingold) Spread (D-R)
1 Wilson Perkins Allen 10/20 42 45 3 45.1 54.9 +9.8
2 PPP 10/19 41 47 6 49.9 50.1 +0.2
3 Monmouth U. 10/18 44 52 8 45.3 52.7 +7.4
4 Saint Norbert 10/16 42 53 11 43.7 54.3 +10.7
5 SurveyMonkey 10/16 46 51 5 47.5 52.5 +5.0
6 A. Power (Google C.S.) 10/14 39 58 19 40.1 59.7 +19.7
7 Marquette 10/9 46 48 2 49.0 51.1 +2.1
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