# Daniel Horowitz: Horowitz endorsed the market's heavy odds that Republicans take the Senate, said the GOP wins Montana and reaches at least 51 seats even before counting Ohio or Pennsylvania, and argued the odds of Republicans keeping the House should be nearer 60 percent than the market's even money. **Claimed:** Oct 23, 2024 **Pundit:** Daniel Horowitz — https://missedtakes.co/pundits/daniel-horowitz **Outlet:** Steve Deace Show — https://missedtakes.co/outlets/steve-deace-show **How it reached us:** said on air, transcribed by us **Original:** https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pfx.vpixl.com/4V6da/arttrk.com/p/BLZM1/verifi.podscribe.com/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/285/pscrb.fm/rss/p/prfx.byspotify.com/e/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/BMDC3572107138.mp3?updated=1729711033 4 checkable claims — 2 chamber control, 1 race winner and 1 seat count — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing bet. All 4 have settled, averaging 90 out of 100, against 30 for a naive guess at the same calls. > I do think they get 51, and that's before you talk about Ohio Ohio with Marino or Pennsylvania with McCormick. *(their words, quoted for attribution)* ## The claims - **The current senate market is 83.3% that the GOP takes the senate. You're gonna buy on that? Buy. ... So definitely buy.** - Kind: Chamber Control - Verdict: scored 100 out of 100, against 0 for a naive guess - **I do think they get 51, and that's before you talk about Ohio Ohio with Marino or Pennsylvania with McCormick.** - Kind: Seat Counts - Verdict: scored 60 out of 100, against 20 for a naive guess - **what I would tell you is if nothing else, they get Montana** - Kind: Race Winners - Verdict: scored 100 out of 100, against 0 for a naive guess - **The house the house they have at 50.2% right now, the markets do. ... So you know, it should be it should be closer to 60% they keep it. ... I'm gonna hold on the house, but I disagree with the market.** - Kind: Chamber Control - Verdict: scored 100 out of 100, against 100 for a naive guess ## More chamber control The same kind of call, about other players and teams. - Erick-Woods Erickson: Writing as returns came in on election night, he declared that Republicans would control the Senate, with the size of the majority still unsettled, and said Jon Tester was expected to lose his Montana seat within hours. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/82214c34-9df6-44e2-8d0a-db8ea7c307f3 (scored 100) - Carl Cannon: Cannon said he half expects Republicans to take the Senate, treated the West Virginia seat as already lost to Democrats with Manchin leaving, and said Trump is poised to carry Ohio. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/b2689d3e-dc9d-495f-bcc8-52599bb46dac (scored 100) - Sam Wang: Combining generic ballot polling with special election results, Wang gives Democrats roughly an 8-in-9 chance of winning the national House vote and taking the House majority, and projects a seat split of about 224 Democrats to 211 Republicans in a very closely divided chamber. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/b4bf6d49-8e25-46a3-92f0-ea5d697121ef (scored 0) - Henry Olsen: Olsen's final call: Harris narrowly wins the national popular vote while Trump wins the electoral college 297-241, taking six of the seven swing states, with Michigan the one he is least likely to crack. He also forecast Republicans ending with 54-55 Senate seats and holding a narrow House majority. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/95ac712b-4c9a-4c59-ad58-88552ecace4c (scored 100) - David Pakman: Reviewing the final 2024 forecasts, Pakman said the Senate outcome was essentially settled and stated his own expectation that Republicans would win control of the chamber. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/45530dc9-dd97-4b13-ba4a-53e34dcf9e3f (scored 100) - Erick-Woods Erickson: He predicted Republicans would gain at least two Senate seats and take control of the chamber, and that the GOP would hold the House with its majority growing to roughly 225 or 230 seats. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/908b2e75-8d71-4514-8d1d-948e8b3190a3 (scored 100) --- Accuracy is 0-100 against what actually happened. The naive guess is what a strategy requiring no knowledge would have scored on the same call — the difference is the skill, and it is what the MissedTakes Score averages. Full method: https://missedtakes.co/methodology We summarize what a pundit said and quote a short span for attribution; we never republish their article. If this is wrong, tell us: https://missedtakes.co/corrections?pundit=daniel-horowitz