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Can We Trust the Midterm Polling?

Republican under-sampling is leading many to take the polls with a grain of salt.

Nov 3, 2026

WHAT’S HAPPENING

Today is Election Day for the 2026 midterms, and polls show Democrats positioned to flip the House of Representatives and potentially recapture the Senate.

But some pollsters and Republican operatives remain skeptical of these projections, pointing to a troubled history of polling errors and even a recent scandal involving fake surveys. It’s now prudent to ask whether the industry can accurately gauge voter sentiment in the Trump era, and whether the predicted "blue wave" materializes as expected.

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S Lyon22 minutes ago

North Carolina has voter ID. While not perfect the picture ID does give some semblance of trust. Registration requirements need to tighten, identities are stolen daily. Motor voting is an insult to honest citizens and must stop. A DL gets you registered whether you are a citizen or not. If you wouldn’t be bothered to register on your own, you wouldn’t be bothered to vote. But that mail in ballot has $ value.

Fred Scott2 minutes ago

Hell NO!

Paul Veen4 minutes ago

Polls are skewed by the questions asked, and by the people who are contacted. They mean nothing. The only poll that means anything is held today, and those results can be skewed by illegal voters and the vote counters.