Democrats gain seats in new Sabato's Crystal Ball ratings
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[0:04] Oh, the music, the graphics. So
[0:06] exciting. Time for our weekly segment.
[0:08] Data Central. Sabato's Crystal Ball at
[0:10] the University of Virginia changed their
[0:12] ratings today in 28 House races. They
[0:15] now have Democrats favored to win more
[0:18] than 220 seats, which of course would be
[0:21] a majority, though a narrow one. Let's
[0:22] bring in Anthony Salvanto, your friend
[0:24] in mine. Kyle Condic, also a friend, but
[0:26] just not as close. Anthony is CBS News
[0:29] executive director of elections and
[0:30] surveys. Kyle is the managing editor of
[0:32] Sabatodes Crystal Ball at the University
[0:34] of Virginia Center for Politics. So
[0:36] Kyle, let me start with you. What did
[0:38] you change and why today?
[0:39] >> Uh well, there were a lot there more
[0:40] than two dozen rating changes and that's
[0:42] been sort of a theme since Labor Day is
[0:43] that there have been a lot of races that
[0:45] seem to be moving toward the Democrats
[0:46] as the kind of the the the wave style
[0:49] environment kind of solidifies. But a
[0:51] number of them move from, you know, toss
[0:53] up to leans Democratic. A lot of classic
[0:56] swing seats across the country. a couple
[0:57] in Arizona, uh, one in one in Colorado,
[1:00] a couple actually in North Carolina, and
[1:03] you know, we see Democrats with a