Democrats have improved their standing in the fight for control of the House of Representatives. Our House model now shows the party poised to win 222 seats if the election were today, up from our estimate of 219 earlier this summer. The range on that estimate is plus or minus 11 seats, or 5% of House seats. It reflects the political reality that many contests are still toss-ups and that Republicans are still in a position to hold the House, if a less comfortable one. Even if Democrats’ seat gains are in the double digits, there are plausible scenarios in which Republicans hang on to control. CONT.
Kabir Khanna & Anthony Salvanto, CBS News
