Nate Silver

Republicans will keep control of the US Senate in the November 6, 2018 midterms (just over 80%).

Accurate ●●●●●
“(Republican odds of keeping the Senate are also just north of 80 percent in a nice bit of symmetry.)”
Said on
5 November 2018 · FiveThirtyEight final 2018 midterm forecast article (mirrored on Goodreads)
Source
Final Election Update: Democrats Aren't Certain To Take The House, But They're Pretty Clear Favorites · FiveThirtyEight (via Goodreads blog mirror)
Should come true
6 Nov 2018
How sure they sounded
just north of 80 percent
Categories
Elections
Importance
3 of 5 · Senate control decides confirmations and legislation.

Outcome

Accurate Happened 6 November 2018.

Republicans kept the Senate in 2018 and expanded their majority from 51 to 53 seats, matching Silver's ~80% forecast.

Evidence:

History
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