Democrats appear confident they’ll take back the House majority next Tuesday — a fact top Republican strategists all but concede privately less than a week before Election Day.
“Up until today I would have said if the election was held today we would win. Now I’m saying we will win,” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Tuesday night on CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
Although nearly all of the competitive races remain close, conversations with several Democratic and GOP strategists, as well as public opinion polls, campaign finance reports and historic trends, all point to a strong Democratic showing in the House.
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