Townhall·1 hour ago·Friday, November 6, 2026, 4:30 PM

How Wrong Were the Midterm Polls?

For months before the midterm elections, Republicans were confident that polls showing Democrats poised to blow them out of the water were off by miles. We had reason to be skeptical: pollsters had underestimated Trump’s support in 2016, 2020, and 2024. But this time, the error ran in the opposite direction. The polls weren’t overstating the Democratic wave. They were understating it.

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