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US: 2018 midterm elections to be the highlight – Nomura

Analysts at Nomura suggest that the 2018 US midterm elections will be the highlight of this week and at the moment, the most likely outcome is a Democrat takeover of the House, while Republicans maintain control of the Senate.

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“This would be consistent with polling, expert forecasts, candidate fundraising and special election results. However, uncertainty remains high. The economic environment should favor Republican incumbents.”

“In addition, the geographic distribution of the House implies that Democrats will need to win the popular vote by 5- 6pp to win a majority in the chamber.”

“Finally, elections suffer from an inherent small sample bias and every one will be slightly different than those preceding it. Altogether, while we are comfortable with our base-case outlook, keeping in mind the level of uncertainty going into Tuesday will be important.”

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