The Patriot Post® · Hoyer Eyes House Takeover

House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer may be feeling confident, but his latest prediction faces long odds. Despite his party needing to garner an additional 17 seats, Hoyer says he has “great optimism that we’re going to win back the House.” Interestingly, citing the “midterm penalty,” The Washington Post calculates the Democrats’ chance of taking back control next to zero. “Our House forecasting model currently gives the Democrats about a one percent chance of winning a House majority in 2014,” they write. They add that “Only three midterm elections in the last century featured a seat gain for the president’s party in the House: 1934, 1998, and 2002. Of those, the largest was 9 seats in 2002.”