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Only eight of the 38 members in competitive races Silver looked at backed the bailout -- or 21 percent. (Some observers would say there are more competitive races -- the Cook Political Report counts 54 -- but Silver used the races tracked by the Swing State Project blog.)
This is actually inaccurate. SSP lists 38 incumbents in the Lean Dem, Tossup, or Lean GOP categories. Cook has 54 races (including open seats and 27 incumbents) in the Lean or Tossup columns.
If you check SSP's competitive race ratings, SSP has 57 races (including open seats) in the Lean or Tossup columns. So we actually do see a slightly bigger playing field than Cook does.
James L.
Editor,
Swing State Project
