Who’s winning POTUS? Will it be called on election night or drawn out? Congress? Etc

  • Asafum@feddit.nl
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    1 month ago

    https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/08/28/key-things-to-know-about-us-election-polling-in-2024/

    According to some of the information in here they seem to be claiming we’re still overestimating Dem performance in presidential elections, but that midterm elections where Trump isn’t on the ballot are more accurate. :(

    Aside from that I think it is much more likely we end up with a Republican Senate. From what I understand this cycle is very unfavorable to us in that regard. A lot of Dems defending and less Republicans that can actually lose defending.

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      It’s certainly possible. The polls are showing it’s effectively a tossup. But my real theory is that things are fundamentally different after the death of Roe, and that the pollsters really don’t have a way to capture that. Yes, it is a harsh year for the Senate, but there are some dark horse races, namely Texas and Nebraska, that may really surprise us.