The Landscape of the Midterm Elections
by Alejandro Esquino Gomez on Oct 20, 2014 | Views: 197 | Score: 1
# of seats for the 2014 midterm elections | |
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GOP seats safe or not up for contest | 42 |
Democrat seats safe or not up for contest | 38 |
Toss ups | 10 |
Likely Democrat victory | 6 |
Likely GOP victory | 2 |
Lean towards the GOP | 1 |
Lean towards the Democrats | 1 |
2014 Midterm Elections as of 10/14/2014
Sources:
realclearpolitics.com
The GOP need 51 seats to take control of the Senate. Assuming Real Clear Politic's data, they currently have 45 seats, meaning that they need to win 6 of the toss-ups. Those races will determine the Senates future political landscape. The only question now, can the GOP win a majority of the toss-ups and take home a large victory?