As of this writing, DDHQ has not called four House contests: CALIFORNIA-39 GEORGIA-07 TEXAS-23 UTAH-04 California’s 39th remains uncalled due to the outstanding vote count. Republican Young Kim sported a lead on election night, but… Read More
Øptimus Election Modeling Preliminary Recap
Now that Election Day is “over” (minus California and a few close races), we have a preliminary look at how our legislative model has performed. The following analysis only includes races that have been called,… Read More
Øptimus Legislative Model: Update November 5, 2018
On the eve of Election Day, there is a high likelihood of split chamber control of Congress once the dust settles. In the past week, the national environment shifted from D+7.9 to D+7.1 while presidential… Read More
DDHQ Election Night Viewing Guide: 9pm to 10pm Eastern
Just one more day and then all the campaigning, ads, and polling are over and we finally find out what’s really going to happen. Our election night results site is now live. There are a lot… Read More
Poll Release: AZ01 and OH07
As Election Day approaches, we took and in-depth look at our Congressional model to see if there were any districts in need of polling. We just went over 500 House polls released in 2018, and… Read More
Presenting the 2018 Øptimus Gubernatorial (Polling) Model
As we head into the final weekend before Election Day, we’re excited to reveal our gubernatorial probabilities. While we did not apply our House and Senate methodology to produce a full gubernatorial model, we wanted… Read More
Øptimus Legislative Model: Update November 2, 2018
As it was at the beginning of the week, the model is stable in the House and moved slightly towards Republicans in the Senate since Monday. The national environment shifted from D+7.9 compared to D+7…. Read More
DDHQ Election Night Viewing Guide: 7pm to 9pm Eastern
You have one weekend to rest and relax before the big day. Unless of course you’re a candidate or working for one. Then there’s no rest for you. Our election night results site is now live…. Read More
DDHQ’s Guide To Watching Election Night Part I: 6pm-7:30pm Eastern
We’re less than a week away until Election Day 2018 and the sheer number of races in play can be overwhelming. Our election night results site is now live. There are a lot of great… Read More
Øptimus Legislative Model: Update October 29, 2018
For the second straight week, the model is stable in the House and moves slightly towards Republicans in the Senate. The national environment is also stable, sitting at D+7.9 compared to D+7.8 last week. With… Read More