What You Need to Know About The Final Election Poll Numbers

The Takeaway | Nov 4, 2016

Last month, Sam Wang, a data analyst and founder of the Princeton Election Consortium, tweeted that if Donald Trump wins more than 240 electoral votes, he'd eat a bug. 

Is he still that confident? The Takeaway checks in with Wang about the latest poll numbers, and we explore if the Democrats have a real shot to take back the Senate, and how House races are taking shape. 

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