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FiveThirtyEight Politics

The Pennsylvania Senate Race Is On A Knife’s Edge

FiveThirtyEight Politics

ABC News

Politics, News

4.620.6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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With one week left until Election Day, the crew analyzes some of the high-profile races and which issues Americans care about most as they enter the voting booth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:36.3

Mermaid man. They're gonna skill from one to ten. How all in were you? I mean, I think

0:42.9

my costume was like a ten out of ten. My wife and I will be a pancake and she will be

0:48.5

a bottle of syrup. You live in Vermont. It had to be like a fun maple syrup reference,

0:53.2

right? That's fair. My costume is more in line with your costume, Jeffrey, than Alex's.

0:58.6

I was a cup of coffee. Nice. Because it's the only thing that's gonna get me through

1:03.2

the next week. Hello and welcome to the 538 Politics Podcast. I'm Galen Druke and happy

1:17.2

Halloween to those who celebrate. We are now one week away from Election Day. The Senate

1:23.9

forecast shows essentially a coin flip. Democrats have a 52% chance of keeping the chamber,

1:29.8

and the House, meanwhile, Republicans have an 82% chance of flipping that chamber. The

1:34.9

governor's races in Wisconsin, Nevada, and Oregon are all still toss-ups, but Arizona

1:40.1

now leans Republican. Today, we're gonna talk about one of the main elections responsible

1:45.3

for the tightening in the race for the Senate. Pennsylvania. After opening up a 10-point

1:50.5

lead in the polling average just last month, John Federman now leads Dr. Oz by only one

1:55.8

point. Much of that movement came before last week's debate, but we'll look at how voters

2:00.8

are reacting to that too. We're also gonna dive into our final pre-election round of issue

2:06.2

polling, which we've been conducting with it shows throughout the year. It shows the highest

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