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Franken Now the Slight Favorite in Minnesota?

Following up on Chris Steller’s elucidation of the Senate recount in Minnesota that’s left most pundits scratching their heads, several new reports show Al

Jul 31, 20205K Shares251.6K Views
Following up on Chris Steller’s elucidationof the Senate recount in Minnesota that’s left most pundits scratching their heads, several new reports show Al Franken might be the slight favorite to take the seat.
Yesterday, Talking Points Memoreported that the Franken campaign’s numbers show the Democratic candidate trailing by just 50 votes, a significantly lower figure than the 303 reported by the Star Tribuneand other news outlets. The difference comes from the campaign’s methodology, which assumes that the more the 6,000 ballot challenges will be rejected and the election judges’ initial opinions upheld. The official figure removes the challenged ballots from the overall count until the challenges are resolved.
Nate Silver of the electoral handicapping site FiveThirtyEight.com, whose magical regressionsyesterday afternoon gave Norm Coleman the edge, now concludesthat Franken is the slight favorite to win the race.
Of course, this is heavily based on speculation, and Coleman’s slim lead — whether 50 or 303 — is dwarfed by the 6,000 challenged ballots yet to be resolved.
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