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You are here: Home / 2008 Campaign / Yes, It’s a Blue Wave

Yes, It’s a Blue Wave

November 6, 2018 at 10:13 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

The New York Times projects a national popular vote margin of roughly 8.5% for the Democrats. The FiveThirtyEight average for the generic congressional ballot gave Democrats a 8.7% lead.

Sam Wang notes the popular vote margin in the last four midterm elections which were considered wave elections:

  • 1994: R+7.1%
  • 2006: D+8.0%
  • 2010: R+7.2%
  • 2014: R+5.7%

By historical staandards, that would be a wave election for the Democrats.

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