Polling experts hail ‘great night’ after correctly calling most key US midterm election races
Topics: 2026 Midterm Elections
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- The Guardian US reports: “Accuracy of US polling came into sharp focus after Trump outperformed polls in 2016, 2020 and 2024Political polling experts hailed a “great night” for the industry after surveys accurately foresaw …”
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