Nate Silver Says GOP Could Be in for 'Long Night' as Final Polls Drop

Legendary pollster sees major swing in final midterm prediction

Legendary election forecaster Nate Silver says Democrats now have an 80 percent chance of taking a majority in the U.S. Senate in Tuesday’s midterms, according to his forecast and new New York Times/Siena polling, the Daily Beast reported on Monday.In a Silver Bulletin post, Silver said his FLIPR mo...

Nate Silver says GOP could be in for 'long night' as final polls drop

"It’s getting hard to deny that polls point toward a really big year for Democrats,” the statistician said Sunday.

Polls point to a Democratic wave, but Nate Silver warns the Senate leads are fragile

As Fishers and Hamilton County voters head into Tuesday’s midterm election, national forecasts point to a strong night for Democrats. One of the country’s best-known forecasters says that outcome is likely, but far from certain. Nate Silver, founder of FiveThirtyEight and now author of the Silver Bulletin newsletter, wrote last week that Democratic leads in … Continue reading Polls point to a Democratic wave, but Nate Silver warns the Senate lea…