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Recalcuate
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Re: IA: Selzer: RIP Braley
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Reply #75 on:
November 02, 2014, 03:44:49 PM »
Quote from: Senator Polnut on November 02, 2014, 03:34:35 PM
If you put these seats in context, I don't see how you could realistically call R+4 a wave.
I mean, you are, but I disagree that it is.
It's an expectation game, that's really all it is.
My argument is even if the Republicans don't take the Senate (which is looking increasingly unlikely at this point), their cycle is better than the Democrats. If the goalpost wasn't considered a Senate takeover, +4 would be a good result in most cycles for either party.
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Sbane
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Re: IA: Selzer: RIP Braley
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Reply #76 on:
November 02, 2014, 04:17:23 PM »
Quote from: Recalcuate on November 02, 2014, 12:42:38 PM
Quote from: Sbane on November 02, 2014, 12:20:18 PM
Quote from: Recalcuate on November 02, 2014, 10:19:01 AM
Quote from: OC on November 02, 2014, 05:26:02 AM
Not a wave when you have someone like Brandstand helping Ernest, the weaker candidate.
Hope remains AK, KS and La. Tillis is finished.
R+4, R+5, R+6, R+7, R+8, R+9 is a wave. A 55-45 Senate, which at best is Democrats at 49 or 50 is a wave. It's just a matter of how big the wave is and if the Republicans end up controlling the Senate.
Again, this is not unexpected in the six-year itch election cycle.
If the Republicans win all the Republican states but lose purple states like IA, CO and NC, is that really a wave. What does that portend for the Republicans in 2016? Only if NC and NH fall am I calling this a Republican wave. We would also see the Republicans win most of the tossups in the governors race and gain more than 10 seats in the house. I am not saying that isn't a possibility, but that is what a wave looks like. Republicans winning seats in AR, AK and LA isn't a wave.
Nonsense.
The Democrats controlled the Senate by a 55-45 margin.
There were 21 Democrat seats up for grabs this cycle and 15 Republican.
If the polling stands (throwing tossups the way they are dispersed right now in the polling), this class will shift to 22R, 13D, 1 I.
Of course it's a wave. Even at R+4, Democrats go from a 21-15 to 17-18-1 in this cycle. And as the Times pointed out, right now, it's more likely to be an R+9 election than a R+4 or R+5 where the Senate remains in Democrat control.
In the worst case scenario 55-45 D to 54-46 R is a tsunami.
As far as the House goes, a gain of 6-14 seats would likely be the max of Republican possible gains this cycle. Republicans pretty much have as much turf as they possibly can, except in marginal districts in blue states (like MA-6, NY-1, NY-24 with GA-12 and UT-4 being an exception).
So in your opinion, if the Republicans can't win CO, IA, NC and NH, that is still a wave election? Do you think 2012 was a Democratic wave year? Do you find it impressive that Republican candidates are winning in places where Obama lost by double digits?
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Recalcuate
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Re: IA: Selzer: RIP Braley
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Reply #77 on:
November 02, 2014, 04:25:46 PM »
Quote from: Sbane on November 02, 2014, 04:17:23 PM
Quote from: Recalcuate on November 02, 2014, 12:42:38 PM
Quote from: Sbane on November 02, 2014, 12:20:18 PM
Quote from: Recalcuate on November 02, 2014, 10:19:01 AM
Quote from: OC on November 02, 2014, 05:26:02 AM
Not a wave when you have someone like Brandstand helping Ernest, the weaker candidate.
Hope remains AK, KS and La. Tillis is finished.
R+4, R+5, R+6, R+7, R+8, R+9 is a wave. A 55-45 Senate, which at best is Democrats at 49 or 50 is a wave. It's just a matter of how big the wave is and if the Republicans end up controlling the Senate.
Again, this is not unexpected in the six-year itch election cycle.
If the Republicans win all the Republican states but lose purple states like IA, CO and NC, is that really a wave. What does that portend for the Republicans in 2016? Only if NC and NH fall am I calling this a Republican wave. We would also see the Republicans win most of the tossups in the governors race and gain more than 10 seats in the house. I am not saying that isn't a possibility, but that is what a wave looks like. Republicans winning seats in AR, AK and LA isn't a wave.
Nonsense.
The Democrats controlled the Senate by a 55-45 margin.
There were 21 Democrat seats up for grabs this cycle and 15 Republican.
If the polling stands (throwing tossups the way they are dispersed right now in the polling), this class will shift to 22R, 13D, 1 I.
Of course it's a wave. Even at R+4, Democrats go from a 21-15 to 17-18-1 in this cycle. And as the Times pointed out, right now, it's more likely to be an R+9 election than a R+4 or R+5 where the Senate remains in Democrat control.
In the worst case scenario 55-45 D to 54-46 R is a tsunami.
As far as the House goes, a gain of 6-14 seats would likely be the max of Republican possible gains this cycle. Republicans pretty much have as much turf as they possibly can, except in marginal districts in blue states (like MA-6, NY-1, NY-24 with GA-12 and UT-4 being an exception).
So in your opinion, if the Republicans can't win CO, IA, NC and NH, that is still a wave election? Do you think 2012 was a Democratic wave year? Do you find it impressive that Republican candidates are winning in places where Obama lost by double digits?
Those were seats that Democrats could have chosen to defend with incumbents, so yes. Those incumbents somehow managed to beat the Republican six years ago, right?
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Re: IA: Selzer: RIP Braley
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Reply #78 on:
November 02, 2014, 04:44:24 PM »
Quote from: Recalcuate on November 02, 2014, 04:25:46 PM
Quote from: Sbane on November 02, 2014, 04:17:23 PM
Quote from: Recalcuate on November 02, 2014, 12:42:38 PM
Quote from: Sbane on November 02, 2014, 12:20:18 PM
Quote from: Recalcuate on November 02, 2014, 10:19:01 AM
Quote from: OC on November 02, 2014, 05:26:02 AM
Not a wave when you have someone like Brandstand helping Ernest, the weaker candidate.
Hope remains AK, KS and La. Tillis is finished.
R+4, R+5, R+6, R+7, R+8, R+9 is a wave. A 55-45 Senate, which at best is Democrats at 49 or 50 is a wave. It's just a matter of how big the wave is and if the Republicans end up controlling the Senate.
Again, this is not unexpected in the six-year itch election cycle.
If the Republicans win all the Republican states but lose purple states like IA, CO and NC, is that really a wave. What does that portend for the Republicans in 2016? Only if NC and NH fall am I calling this a Republican wave. We would also see the Republicans win most of the tossups in the governors race and gain more than 10 seats in the house. I am not saying that isn't a possibility, but that is what a wave looks like. Republicans winning seats in AR, AK and LA isn't a wave.
Nonsense.
The Democrats controlled the Senate by a 55-45 margin.
There were 21 Democrat seats up for grabs this cycle and 15 Republican.
If the polling stands (throwing tossups the way they are dispersed right now in the polling), this class will shift to 22R, 13D, 1 I.
Of course it's a wave. Even at R+4, Democrats go from a 21-15 to 17-18-1 in this cycle. And as the Times pointed out, right now, it's more likely to be an R+9 election than a R+4 or R+5 where the Senate remains in Democrat control.
In the worst case scenario 55-45 D to 54-46 R is a tsunami.
As far as the House goes, a gain of 6-14 seats would likely be the max of Republican possible gains this cycle. Republicans pretty much have as much turf as they possibly can, except in marginal districts in blue states (like MA-6, NY-1, NY-24 with GA-12 and UT-4 being an exception).
So in your opinion, if the Republicans can't win CO, IA, NC and NH, that is still a wave election? Do you think 2012 was a Democratic wave year? Do you find it impressive that Republican candidates are winning in places where Obama lost by double digits?
Those were seats that Democrats could have chosen to defend with incumbents, so yes. Those incumbents somehow managed to beat the Republican six years ago, right?
Yes, in 2008 which was a Democratic wave year, especially in the senate. Also, that was before the south stopped voting democrat at all levels. That is why so many of these pickups are in the south.
Also, if you are playing an expectations game, then that is absolutely stupid. Parties do that in order to get their base fired up and to get money. Which of those two are you hoping to accomplish on the atlas forum?
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Fmr President & Senator Polnut
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Re: IA: Selzer: RIP Braley
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Reply #79 on:
November 02, 2014, 04:54:35 PM »
One would probably argue now that anything
LESS
than R+6 would be a disappointing result, if we're basing it on 'expectations'.
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njwes
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Re: IA: Selzer: RIP Braley
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Reply #80 on:
November 02, 2014, 05:04:47 PM »
Quote from: Senator Polnut on November 02, 2014, 04:54:35 PM
One would probably argue now that anything
LESS
than R+6 would be a disappointing result, if we're basing it on 'expectations'.
I agree, and frankly, I even consider R+6 to be a disappointment given the electoral geography, the national sentiment, ect. I consider R+7 (NOT including Orman if he wins and caucuses with the Pubs) to be a "good" result, but it's frankly pathetic to me that R+8 or R+9 isn't looking far more likely.
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Nagas
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Re: IA: Selzer: RIP Braley
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Reply #81 on:
November 02, 2014, 06:14:36 PM »
Talk of a 'wave election' is silly. This is simply a reversion to the mean.
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Fmr President & Senator Polnut
polnut
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Re: IA: Selzer: RIP Braley
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Reply #82 on:
November 02, 2014, 06:28:06 PM »
Exactly, this is a mid-term election, more than that, the second mid-term. Add in the retirement of strong incumbents and the fact that once the personal vote is gone, they revert to their general voting mood...
Let's look at the second mid-term results for Presidents since the war, who were in office long enough, results are for the Party of the president.
1950 (Truman) - lost 28 seats in the House and 5 in the Senate
1958 (Eisenhower) - lost 48 seats in the House and 15 in the Senate
1986 (Reagan) - Lost 5 seats in the House and 8 seats in the Senate
1998 (Clinton) - No change in the House and picked up 5 seats in the Senate (special circumstances)
2006 (Bush II) - lost 30 seats in the House and lost 6 in the Senate
Note 1974 was Ford and was also a special circumstance wipe-out.
So the average of those 5 elections is 22 house seats lost and basically 6 Senate seats.
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Recalcuate
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Re: IA: Selzer: RIP Braley
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Reply #83 on:
November 02, 2014, 06:34:20 PM »
Quote from: Senator Polnut on November 02, 2014, 06:28:06 PM
Exactly, this is a mid-term election, more than that, the second mid-term. Add in the retirement of strong incumbents and the fact that once the personal vote is gone, they revert to their general voting mood...
Let's look at the second mid-term results for Presidents since the war, who were in office long enough, results are for the Party of the president.
1950 (Truman) - lost 28 seats in the House and 5 in the Senate
1958 (Eisenhower) - lost 48 seats in the House and 15 in the Senate
1986 (Reagan) - Lost 5 seats in the House and 8 seats in the Senate
1998 (Clinton) - No change in the House and picked up 5 seats in the Senate (special circumstances)
2006 (Bush II) - lost 30 seats in the House and lost 6 in the Senate
Note 1974 was Ford and was also a special circumstance wipe-out.
So the average of those 5 elections is 22 house seats lost and basically 6 Senate seats.
At the end of the day, you will likely see a 6-14 seat D loss in the House and probably net -7 or net -8 in the Senate (depending on Orman in KS). This should fall in line with the other six-year itch elections.
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krazen1211
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Re: IA: Selzer: RIP Braley
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Reply #84 on:
November 05, 2014, 12:02:39 AM »
Quote from: Eraserhead on November 01, 2014, 07:05:20 PM
Outlier.
Nope!
Don't mess with Selzer!
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IceSpear
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Re: IA: Selzer: RIP Braley
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Reply #85 on:
November 05, 2014, 12:06:40 AM »
Yup, looks like Selzer and Marquette retain their gold standard reputations. After them standing up to the consensus of literally every pollster, I certainly won't be doubting them ever again.
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Recalcuate
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Re: IA: Selzer: RIP Braley
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Reply #86 on:
November 05, 2014, 12:12:39 AM »
Quote from: krazen1211 on November 05, 2014, 12:02:39 AM
Quote from: Eraserhead on November 01, 2014, 07:05:20 PM
Outlier.
Nope!
Don't mess with Selzer!
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Fmr President & Senator Polnut
polnut
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Re: IA: Selzer: RIP Braley
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Reply #87 on:
November 05, 2014, 01:54:31 AM »
Well done Selzer.
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krazen1211
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Re: IA: Selzer: RIP Braley
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Reply #88 on:
November 05, 2014, 02:07:27 AM »
Quote from: Lief on November 01, 2014, 07:35:39 PM
Looks like Tuesday is a big make or break for the reputation's of Selzer and Marquette.
Yep!
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Bigby
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Re: IA: Selzer: RIP Braley
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Reply #89 on:
November 05, 2014, 09:22:38 AM »
Looks like Selzer was right about Ernst castrating Buddy Bentley.
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Mr. Reactionary
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Re: IA: Selzer: RIP Braley
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Reply #90 on:
November 06, 2014, 12:49:05 AM »
Quote from: IceSpear on November 05, 2014, 12:06:40 AM
Yup, looks like Selzer and Marquette retain their gold standard reputations. After them standing up to the consensus of literally every pollster, I certainly won't be doubting them ever again.
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Eraserhead
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Re: IA: Selzer: RIP Braley
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Reply #91 on:
November 16, 2014, 01:06:11 PM »
Quote from: Recalcuate on November 05, 2014, 12:12:39 AM
Quote from: krazen1211 on November 05, 2014, 12:02:39 AM
Quote from: Eraserhead on November 01, 2014, 07:05:20 PM
Outlier.
Nope!
Don't mess with Selzer!
Well, it was still an outlier. It just so happens that the outlier was correct.
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Recalcuate
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Posts: 444
Re: IA: Selzer: RIP Braley
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Reply #92 on:
November 16, 2014, 10:56:07 PM »
Quote from: Eraserhead on November 16, 2014, 01:06:11 PM
Quote from: Recalcuate on November 05, 2014, 12:12:39 AM
Quote from: krazen1211 on November 05, 2014, 12:02:39 AM
Quote from: Eraserhead on November 01, 2014, 07:05:20 PM
Outlier.
Nope!
Don't mess with Selzer!
Well, it was still an outlier. It just so happens that the outlier was correct.
Not really, the rest of the herd was modeling the race around the same result so as to not get embarrassed. Selzer stuck her neck out there, polling without special sauce, and got it right.
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