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Looking at the Cook Political Report’s latest competitive race chart is in itself informative – the short version is that of the top 108 competitive races, the following ratios apply:
Dem | GOP | |
Likely D | 45 | 0 |
Leans D | 23 | 1 |
Toss-up D | 12 | 0 |
Toss-up R | 0 | 3 |
Leans R | 1 | 8 |
Likely R | 0 | 15 |
Total | 81 | 27 |
…but there’s some interesting things that can be seen with a little sorting. Below is a chart of competitive seats, sorted by Cook Partisan Rating:
Continue reading Looking at the Cook Competitive Race Chart.