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Polls missed bigger on the midterms than in 2016
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a politics story. Axios is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 4 Nov 2026, 21:41 UTC. The headline in use is “Polls missed bigger on the midterms than in 2016”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Democrats' midterm tsunami obscured a major polling miss: Surveys correctly anticipated a blue wave, but failed to capture its full force. Why it matters: Pollsters appear to have underestimated Democrats by a wider margin than they underestimated Republicans in 2016 or 2024 — even if they got the headline outcome…
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