Governing: Polls may have shifted in the GOP's favor in the closing days of this year's election, but Democrats remain likely to post gains at the legislative level.
In part, that's because they have practically nowhere to go but up. Republicans control two-thirds of the nation's legislative chambers, many by supermajorities.
"Democrats have lost more than 900 seats since President Obama took office, giving the party a lot of room to grow at the state level," said Steven Rogers, a political scientist at St. Louis University.
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