--- title: Senate 2014: Who Will Win? Election Predictor description: Forget Nate Silver. Anyone can be a political handicapper. Place your bets on whether the Democrats or the Republicans will be victorious on Election Day canonical: https://time.com/3532046/election-prediction/ author: Michael Scherer article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-28T11:30:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-30T11:37:50.020Z article:section: Politics og:title: Senate 2014: Who Will Win? Election Predictor og:description: Make your best guess for next Tuesday's election og:url: https://time.com/3532046/election-prediction/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Senate 2014: Who Will Win? 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. by [Michael Scherer](https://time.com/author/michael-scherer/) and [David Johnson](https://time.com/author/dave-johnson/) Oct 28, 2014 11:30 AM UTC by [Michael Scherer](https://time.com/author/michael-scherer/) and [David Johnson](https://time.com/author/dave-johnson/) Oct 28, 2014 11:30 AM UTC The professional election handicappers in Washington and New York are trying to cut you out of the process. They are using their fancy number machines to predict which party will control the U.S. Senate next year. The Washington Post says Republicans have a 91% chance of getting at least 51 seats, while the The New York Times and ESPN’s Nate Silver say there is a 63% chance. But you shouldn’t let them do it alone. In America anyone can handicap an election. We’ve provided each candidate’s political strength and liabilities. And we’ve left out the political party to make you think harder about the individual candidates. So have at it. Tell us all who is going to win in each of the next ten races, and we’ll tell you who will win the Senate. Then share on Twitter and Facebook. \*Polling numbers from [RealClearPolitics](http://www.realclearpolitics.com/). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3532046/election-prediction/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3532046/election-prediction/"},"headline":"Predict Who Will Win the Senate in 2014","datePublished":"2014-10-28T11:30:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-30T11:37:50.020Z","description":"Forget Nate Silver. Anyone can be a political handicapper. 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