 Three top election analysts, Cook Political Report with Amy Walter, Inside Elections with Nathan Gonzalez, and University of Virginia Professor Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball, each have more seats listed as leaning safe for the GOP than for the Democrats. The range isn't that different either, going from 210 Republican seats in the Cook Report to 216 in Inside Elections. Each publication gives the GOP between a five- and seven-seat advantage over the Democrats. Bernie Bennett in Washington.