The Polls Were Really, Really Off

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David French

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November 5, 2014

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Check out these two tables, both courtesy FiveThirtyEight’s fascinating live blog. First, check out the Democratic bias in the senate polling:


Next, here are the gubernatorial numbers:


That’s a striking contrast between predictions and reality. As they say in sports, “that’s why you play the game.” That’s why we hold elections. In this election at least, the “experts” were confident America was more blue than it wanted to be.

This article is crossposted on National Review.