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Oct 27
55m 5s

Nate Silver Predicts a ‘Momentous’ Midte...

NEW YORK TIMES OPINION
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“If the election goes roughly as the polls say it will go, then in some ways it would mark the end of the Trump era,” Nate Silver told me. The midterms are a week away, and it looks entirely possible that Democrats will win not just the House, but also the Senate. Democrats are polling competitively deep into red territory – Texas, Ohio, Alaska, Iowa, Kansa ... Show More
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