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Daily Challenge
The Election Draft
Five Senate seats are up and the chamber hangs on them. Ten candidates from across history are on the board, and every one is a free agent. You pick first. The President’s party picks second. Win three of five and the Senate is yours.
Who’s in the White House?
Pick one. You’ll run the other party’s draft.
Back and forth. You take picks 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9. They take 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10.
Anyone can run for anyone. Draft Reagan as a Democrat if you like — or just to keep him away from them.
Set your lineup blind. One candidate per state. Their lineup stays sealed until the polls close.
The Election Draft is a free daily challenge from 538-0. Everyone gets the same ten candidates and the same five Senate races each day. Draft against the President’s party, alternating picks, then assign your five candidates to five states and watch election night decide the Senate.
Every candidate is a free agent: a figure from any era can run for either party, as the kind of candidate that party would let them be. Sometimes the best pick is the one you take just to keep it off their roster. The board resets at midnight Eastern.
Pick who holds the White House. You run the other party. Midterm voters lean your way, but the President’s party has the Vice President to break a 50–50 tie.
Draft. Ten candidates, alternating picks, you first. Every candidate is a free agent — they’ll run as whatever kind of Democrat or Republican suits them best. The further that is from who they really are, the harder the sell.
Play defense. Taking someone who’d be great for the other side counts too. Steal away.
Set your lineup. Put one of your five in each state. The other side sets theirs at the same time, without seeing yours. Home states help.
Watch election night. Win three races and you have 51. One official run per day counts for your streak; redraft as often as you like for practice.
The forecast labels are a rough read of the map, not the formula. Election night has a little uncertainty baked in — the same for everyone playing today.