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  Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman.

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  Election day is just a month from today.

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  There are a series of new polls suggesting Democratic candidates could hold a decided advantage going into the midterms.

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  NPR's Domenico Montanaro cautions.

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  Polls are not predictive, but the findings are interesting for both House and Senate races.

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  We can come up with some informed reasons for what might happen.

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  First, we've seen the most movement in the Senate with lots of races moving in Democrats' direction,

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  and that's because of what looked to be tight races in red states.

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  So the Senate is within reach now for Democrats.

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