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Democrats takeover of U.S. House predicted

Democrats takeover of U.S. House predicted
Steven Bridge  |  by www.market-day.net. All rights reserved. 6.11 | 20:41

Democrats takeover of U.S. House predicted

Posted on October 17, 2006 WASHINGTON, Oct.

17 (UPI) -- Studies by U.S. political scientists are predicting that Democrats will take control of the U.

S. House of Representatives in the Nov. 7 elections.

A study by Indiana State's Carl Klarner and Stan Buchanan said Democrats are likely to gain 22 seats in the House and two or three seats in the U.S. Senate.

While they see the Senate remaining in Republican control, they say there is a 94.9 percent probability the Democrats will control the house in January. The Klarner and Buchanan study examined district partisan composition, candidate attributes and national partisan tides.

Abramowitz' data consider six factors, including "the midterm penalty for the president's party" and the difference between Republican and Democratic open seats.

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