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Our Senate forecast is live, and in the latest installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast‘s “Model Talk,” Nate Silver talks about why Republicans are favored to keep the Senate and which races promise to be the most interesting. He also answers listener questions on topics ranging from the model’s coding language to whether polls affect public opinion.

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