November 5, 2018
RT
One day before Americans head to cast their ballots in the crucial midterm congressional elections, two final polls conducted by CNN and Rasmussen have predicted wildly different results.
The final generic poll conducted by left-leaning CNN has put Democrats 13 points ahead of Republicans. Meanwhile, a separate poll carried out by the more right-leaning Rasmussen agency has suggested that Republicans are leading, but by a much smaller margin of one point.
Bill Mitchell
FINAL GENERIC PREFERENCE POLLS:
CNN – D+13
Rasmussen – R+1
Somebody is full of sh*t.
The results are a reminder of the folly of relying entirely on polling, which was highlighted after Donald Trump’s election in 2016, despite the vast majority of polls suggesting that his opponent, Hillary Clinton, was almost certain to win the presidency.
Online, Twitter users reacted with surprise to the vast disparity between the two polls, wondering whether there have ever been two polls so far apart on the eve of an important election and suggesting that at least one of the pollsters would end up looking stupid when ballots are counted.
Hey CNN
Message from NYT
Final US generic congressional ballot polls. November 5th.
CNN: Democrats +13% (Margin of error 3.5%)
Rasmussen: Republicans +1% (Margin of error 2%)
Someone is going to have egg on their face. http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america/generic_congressional_ballot_nov05 …https://thehill.com/campaign-polls/414850-poll-dems-lead-republicans-by-13-points-on-generic-congressional-ballot …
CNN poll: Dems +13.
Rasmussen poll: Republicans +1.
Have two polls ever been this far apart on the eve of a major election?#ElectionEve
Democrats are hoping to wrestle control of the House of Representatives from Republicans in a ‘blue wave’ of wins in the midterm elections held across the country tomorrow, which have been billed as a kind of referendum on US President Donald Trump after two years in office.
https://www.rt.com/usa/443136-cnn-rasmussen-democrats-republicans/
Emma Olive 