Editor's Note: Below is a chart and excerpt from today's Early Look 

Our policy analysts previewed outcomes of U.S. Mid-term elections yesterday and isolated two likely scenarios and their consequences:

  1. Republicans hold on to a slim majority in the Senate and Democrats take the House with a 10-20 seat majority; or
  2. Republicans pick-up 1-2 seats in the Senate and Democrats take the House 

They also considered one low probability but high consequence event:

  1. Republicans retain control of both Houses  

CHART OF THE DAY: Democrat + GOP Agendas (Not As Far Apart As You May Think) - Midterm Preview   Venn