Democratic Hopes of Winning Senate Fade

“Democrats are now facing a tougher road to capturing the Senate majority as the presidential race tightens and Donald Trump is not proving to be the dramatic drag on down-ballot candidates that Republicans once feared,” the Washington Post reports.

“Trump’s resilience and faltering Democratic campaigns in battleground states means the fight for the Senate has settled into a knuckle-to-knuckle brawl likely to result in a chamber will be closely divided or potentially even tied.”

“Democrats can still manage to win the four or five seats they need to claim the Senate majority, but the battle has shifted from purple states that Barack Obama twice carried — Ohio and Florida — to Indiana, Missouri and North Carolina, where Obama lost in 2012.”

Interestingly, FiveThirtyEight gives Democrats a 55% chance to win the Senate while The Upshot gives Republicans a 62% chance.