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The Democratic Party is poised to win a majority in the House of Representatives, polls show, but there are no guarantees and the party’s edge has narrowed in recent weeks amid heavy campaigning by President Donald Trump and a torrent of television advertising.
A CBS News “Battleground Tracker” poll projects Democrats to win 225 House seats, just beyond the 218 needed for a majority, in the most likely of three scenarios the network analyzed. YouGov surveyed almost 6,500 people for CBS in 66 competitive districts Oct. 30-Nov. 3 to make its assessment.
The projection however had a wide margin of error — plus or minus 13 seats — suggesting anything from a Democratic rout to Republicans maintaining control is possible.
Ronna Romney McDaniel, chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that about 27 House seats are within the margin of error heading into Tuesday’s election, and that in those districts, the strong U.S. economy makes a potent argument for her party.
“American voters are looking at what’s happened over the past two years,” she said. “They’re making more money. More jobs are coming back. That is a great closing argument in a lot of these House races that are within the margin of error.”
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