LABOR DAY STANDINGS
Below are the 2020 Senate races the pundits consider competitive. Remember, the Democrats need a net gain of three to take control of the upper chamber—a necessity if President Biden is to be able to do anything after supplanting Ming the Mendacious. Where polls disagree I have blended them, based on their reputations for accuracy as judged by Nate Silver at FiveThirtyEight. As always, remember that polls measure voter sentiment the day they are taken, subject to change due to time and circumstance. I have listed the date of the latest available poll in the right margin.
Based on the numbers above, if the election were held today, the Democrats would pick up five seats (with one still undecided, enabling them to and take control of the Senate by a 52-48 margin.
Be sure to vote. As the late football coach of Michigan State is reputed to have said before his titanic game against Notre Dame, winning is “not a matter of life or death, it’s more important than that.”