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Seat Counts

Scored under the published methodology, which sets out what counts as right, what a naive guess would have said, and why an earlier call is worth more than a late one.

Takes logged
52
Graded
14

27% settled

Average accuracy
80.0

out of 100

Pundits
21

have made one

How these calls land

Every graded call of this kind, bucketed by score.

Takes in each band

020406080
0 — dead wrongscore out of 100100 — nailed it
10 scored 80+0 scored under 40

Settled or waiting

14 / 52

graded

38 still pending

By season

  • 202414 of 21 graded
  • 20260 of 31 graded

Who is good at seat counts

MissedTakes score for this kind of prediction only — accuracy measured against what a naive guess would have scored. Zero means no better than guessing.

provisionalRatings this early are samples, not reputations — the methodology sets out how many articles it takes before we call one settled.

By publisher

The same record pooled across everyone writing under one banner.

Every seat counts take

51–52 of 52

  • Hit · 100Mark HalperinSeat Counts2024 season

    Well well, I mean, I think Republicans will be anywhere from 52 to 56 seats at this point.

    a naive guess scored 20+81.6 skillsaid Oct 23, 2024the article →
  • Close · 60Daniel HorowitzSeat Counts2024 season

    I do think they get 51, and that's before you talk about Ohio Ohio with Marino or Pennsylvania with McCormick.

    a naive guess scored 20+40.8 skillsaid Oct 23, 2024the article →

By topic

US Elections — seat counts (14 graded)

Topics we cover today: NFL, US Elections. Every kind of prediction belongs to one of them; this page sits above the topic so that adding another does not mean rewriting every link.