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"NYT/Siena released their presumably final set of polls this evening, and they showed what can only be described as fantastic numbers for Democrats, putting them ahead " sometimes narrowly, sometimes not -- in basically every Senate battleground and in the associated governor's races, including in Texas," Silver wrote in his newsletter, noting that much of the polling is in line with his modeling.

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Nate Silver: 79% likelihood that the Democrats take the Senate; approaching 100% likelihood that they take the House. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a ...

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"The final round of polls released by The Times on Sunday showed Democrats leading in many of the key Senate battlegrounds, including in Michigan by 11 percentage points, in Texas by 7, Kansas by 5 and Alaska by 1.

Silver said the poll's results were close but not within his model's "weird" territory, adding that the data suggests Democrats are likely to take the Senate.

"Democrats could actually absorb a modest-sized polling error and perhaps still prevail given the latest round of surveys," Silver wrote.

With less than a day before Election Day, Democrats hold the edge in the polls. They are poised to win or seriously compete in historically red states, including South Carolina, Kansas and Iowa.

Silver pointed out that even if Democrats lose a handful of these red state races, they won't necessarily be complaining.

"Even if Democrats were to lose a couple of these races " and there's actually some bad news for them here in Alaska, I think " absolutely no Democrat is going to complain if they only flip the top five races in this chart, especially if it comes along with the Texas governorship," Silver wrote."

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#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-11-02 06:28 PM | Reply

Only polls that matter are the ones tomorrow. I don't trust anything else.

#2 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2026-11-02 07:59 PM | Reply

The Vote tomorrow won't matter either if DJT had his way.

I expect his DoJ will try to tie up the results in Court, while Maga Mike refuses to seat Dem winners.

#3 | Posted by Corky at 2026-11-02 09:46 PM | Reply

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"The final round of polls released by The Times on Sunday showed Democrats leading in many of the key Senate battlegrounds, including in Michigan by 11 percentage points, in Texas by 7, Kansas by 5 and Alaska by 1.

Silver said the poll's results were close but not within his model's "weird" territory, adding that the data suggests Democrats are likely to take the Senate.

"Democrats could actually absorb a modest-sized polling error and perhaps still prevail given the latest round of surveys," Silver wrote.

With less than a day before Election Day, Democrats hold the edge in the polls. They are poised to win or seriously compete in historically red states, including South Carolina, Kansas and Iowa.

Silver pointed out that even if Democrats lose a handful of these red state races, they won't necessarily be complaining.

"Even if Democrats were to lose a couple of these races " and there's actually some bad news for them here in Alaska, I think " absolutely no Democrat is going to complain if they only flip the top five races in this chart, especially if it comes along with the Texas governorship," Silver wrote."

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"Am I Blue"

Excerpt from "To Have And Have Not" (1944)
Hoagie Carmichael, on piano, sings with Lauren Bacall." (great Bogart/Bacall moment)
www.youtube.com
one min, 40 secs

#1 | POSTED BY CORKY AT 2026-11-02 06:28 PM | FLAG:

Only polls that matter are the ones tomorrow. I don't trust anything else.

#2 | POSTED BY LAURAMOHR AT 2026-11-02 07:59 PM | FLAG:

The Vote tomorrow won't matter either if DJT had his way.

I expect his DoJ will try to tie up the results in Court, while Maga Mike refuses to seat Dem winners.

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They will try to sabotage the vote. They will fail, Trump and his cronies aren't very smart..

#4 | Posted by a_monson at 2026-11-02 09:55 PM | Reply

- aren't very smart..

Their fatal attraction to incompetence may well be their downfall... they'll try hard, but they aren't very good at much other than adoring their Cult Leader.

#5 | Posted by Corky at 2026-11-02 10:18 PM | Reply

#1 | Posted by Corky

A stat I saw was that Dems outperformed polls in 2018 and 2022.

Then again, Trump's closing case - poster boards of his vanity projects, with "no time left for 'nation'" at the end - may have shifted everything. EVERYTHING!

#6 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-11-02 11:07 PM | Reply

(/snark)

#7 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-11-02 11:07 PM | Reply

All loyal Americans should vote like Trump is on the ballot...and they want to shiv him in the parking lot...

#8 | Posted by catdog at 2026-11-03 12:16 PM | Reply

@#2 ... Only polls that matter are the ones tomorrow. I don't trust anything else. ...

Agreed.

The before-Election-Day polling just indicates how voters respond to the pollsters, at the time they were asked.

However, when the voters get to the election booth and cast their vote, they have only their conscience who knows how they voted.


#9 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-11-03 12:58 PM | Reply

The latest polls had harris winning in 2024 until shortly before the election. VOTER TURNOUT, the only thing that matters.

#10 | Posted by e1g1 at 2026-11-03 01:29 PM | Reply

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Trump-Pardoned Jan. 6er Accused Of Threatening To Kill Federal Judges
A Georgia man who was pardoned by President Donald Trump after threatening to fatally shoot then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during the 2021 insurrection has reportedly been arrested again, this time for allegedly threatening to kill federal judges.

Cleveland Meredith, who was sentenced in 2021 to 28 months in prison for his prior threats, was arrested Monday, according to Politico, after allegedly posting a threat to Facebook in April.

"ALL J6 Federal JUDGES will be EXECUTED!" the post cited in a federal affidavit reads.

Meredith, who was described in the affidavit as having a "history of violent online rhetoric" by an FBI agent investigating his online activity, has been out of prison since 2022, according to The New Yorker.

When he was first arrested in Washington in 2021, prosecutors said he was found with "a 9 mm semi-automatic firearm, an assault-style rifle with a telescopic sight, approximately 2,500 rounds of ammunition, and multiple large-capacity ammunition feeding devices."

#11 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-11-03 01:47 PM | Reply

- threatening to kill federal judges.

He's challenging for Marco's job!

#12 | Posted by Corky at 2026-11-03 01:53 PM | Reply

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