Source: Los Angeles Times
by Jonah Goldberg
“At the National Republican Senatorial Committee’s recent retreat at Sea Island, Ga., NRSC pollster Erik Iverson insisted that every incumbent GOP senator will be reelected and that Republicans are even on track to pick up a Senate seat. There is no public polling that agrees with this rosy GOP scenario. Ah yes, but the polls are ‘fake’ as Trump likes to say, even though, at the end of August he claimed in an interview that if the election were held today, he would win by ’25 points.’ Meanwhile, Trump’s disapproval ratings in the polls are at record or near record lows. If they were an EKG, doctors would tell the patient to get his affairs in order. But let’s ignore the polls. Given the difficulties with polling and its occasionally spotty record in recent years, skepticism is defensible.” (09/29/26)