The Latest Numbers
By Lee Nichols, 8:09PM, Wed. Nov. 1, 2006
Majority Watch is predicting a Democratic landslide in the House, while Electoral-Vote.com is calling a 50-50 Senate (which, of course, favors the Republicans, since Vice President Dick Cheney would cast the tie-breaker vote on any 50-50 votes). Majority Watch has narrowed its races considered "ties" from five to two this week. If its current polls prove accurate, the Dems would capture 240 seats (218 constitutes a majority).
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