Fuel prices keep rising — and so do Democrats’ chances for winning both the House and Senate Fuel prices keep rising — and so do Democrats’ chances for winning both the House and Senate President Trump says most voters support his attack on Iran even as gasoline prices climb The likelihood of Democrats taking both chambers of Congress in November's midterm elections has risen to a new high of 66%, according to one prediction market. months been widely expected to gain control of the U.S. House of Representatives in this November’s midterm elections, but now they’re increasingly being viewed as likely to take the Senate, too. The minority party’s chance of winning both chambers of Congress has climbed to a new high of 66% this week, as shown in the chart above, which features the latest figures from prediction market Polymarket. (Polymarket has a data partnership with MarketWatch’s publisher, Dow Jones.) Another prediction market, Kalshi, was giving a similar likelihood on Wednesday of 64%.
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