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Daily Challenge
Steal the Senate
A fictional midterm. The President’s party holds the Senate 52–48, the President is underwater, and the national mood has turned. Seven races decide control. Win five of seven and the gavel is yours.
Who’s in the White House?
Pick one. You’ll run the other party’s Senate campaign.
Seven races, ten candidates. Every figure is a free agent — anyone can run for your party, anywhere.
One policy per race. Seven policies, seven states. Every plank gets used somewhere.
Election night. Watch the calls come in. Five wins and the Senate is yours.
Steal the Senate is a free daily challenge from 538-0. Everyone gets the same seven battleground states, the same ten candidates, and the same seven policies each day. Assign a candidate and a policy to every race and watch election night decide whether the Senate changes hands.
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. The map resets at midnight Eastern.
Pick who holds the White House. You run the other party. The President’s party controls the Senate 52–48, but the national mood is on your side.
Know the math. Two of the seven races are seats your party already holds. The other five are seats you need to flip. Win five of seven to reach 51. A 50–50 tie goes to the Vice President’s party — not you.
Assign a candidate to every race. Ten free agents, seven races. Any of them can run for your party — 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.
Assign a policy to every race. All seven get used. Some play well in a state, some play badly. Issues marked ⚠ move voters hardest, in both directions.
Watch election night. One official run per day counts for your share card. Run it back as often as you like for practice.
The policy tags are rough guides, not the formula. Election night still has a little uncertainty baked in — the same for everyone playing today.