Forecast for House Midterm Elections - Point of View

By: projects.fivethirtyeight.com – Updated Aug. 16, 2018, at 7:22 PM

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3 in 4 Chance Democrats win control (74.6%)
1 in 4 Chance Republicans keep control (25.4%)

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80% chance Democrats gain 14 to 57.5 seats
10% chance Democrats gainfewer than 14 seats
10% chance Democrats gainmore than 57.5 seats
+58+35 Democratic seats
AVG. GAIN+14

Graph Showing: FiveThirtyEight’s predictions for the 2018 House elections

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Source: 2018 House Forecast | FiveThirtyEight

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