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2026 House Forecast

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DEMOCRATIC (DSA) Party Platform:

Strip Americans of all their hard-earned resources and retirement savings, forcing them to live hand-to-mouth, and then replace Americans by blowing all their money on illegals brought in from every cesspool country in the world; resulting in the USA becoming a Marxist third world country dominated by crime, injustice, and corruption.

The Poll that Matters

HAPPENING NOW: GOP crushing Dems in Florida Election Day Voting:

Vote like you are trying to stop a communist takeover.

Essentially, Quantus, co/efficient, Rasmussen, Insider Advantage, Emerson, and Trafalgar all see a close election where MAGA voters will show up.

Big Data and AtlasIntel see an election where MAGA doesn’t show up. AtlasIntel because they see MAGA as disinterested because Trump isn’t on the ballot and they didn’t answer the poll, and Big Data because Baris imagines the libertarian side of the MAGA coalition is huge and will stay home.

But I wonder if its true that MAGA shows up but the Bush Republicans stay home.

128 responses to “The Poll that Matters”

  1. First!

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  2. in Florida there is ONE county with electrical problems…you guessed it. Broward.

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  3. Election day vote in FL looking good so far from a % point of view. The key issue now is can the total scale of election day vote can be large enough to overcome the early vote.

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  4. why are there never election day plumbing problems or electrical problems in GOP leaning precincts?

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  5. Jaichind usually only shows up to eeyore the election for Rs.

    He was wrong last time last time with the “Hamilton Co. IN” bs.

    Could be good omen.

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  6. GOP in Florida leads election day vote in every county except Broward, Gadsden, Orange and Leon. But we are catching up in the last two.

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  7. Montgomery county (tax) may outrun its 2022 and 2024 numbers. This is a red county.

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  8. Another guy who loved to eeyore R chances was Bayernfan.

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  9. “from a % point of view”

    well the raw numbers are pretty stout too…. R 249,502 | D 130,532

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  10. Didn’t Rs win the ev in Florida this time too? I don’t follow ev.

    Separately, Right now, it’s R +26 in Florida.

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  11. Its only 9:30 a.m. and the GOP has already taken the overall lead in bell-weather Pinellas…with mail, early in person, and election day voting.

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  12. I think FL results are important.

    In 2024 the MSM talking heads immediately dismissed the FL blowout for Trump as “Fl is now red, means nothing”. As it turned out, it did mean something.

    Tonight, if FL is close, it will be VERY significant. And it may well be.

    So a good R result in FL DOES matter.

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  13. “Didn’t Rs win the ev in Florida this time too?”

    Yes, but nowhere near the margin they hit two years ago.

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  14. well the raw numbers are pretty stout too…. R 249,502 | D 130,532″

    The caveat of course is how the Indies are voting.

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  15. “The caveat of course is how the Indies are voting.”

    Sure, but if they vote for Nixon, they really weren’t indies.

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  16. The overall ballot advantage for the GOP in Florida just passed 250,000. Nowhere near two years ago, but growing. And the overall party shift from two years ago is down to Dem +6.9 and its dropping. Would be great to get it down to 4 or less by the end of the day.

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  17. Overall shift in FL from two years ago down to Dem +6.6 and dropping.

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  18. So far GOP in Florida making great strides in catching up the lack of early in person voting.

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  19. But as to the question of will MAGA show up nationally…the most heavy MAGA counties in Florida are along the northern panhandle across to the Atlantic north of Jacksonville. Here is the current shift in these counties compared to two years ago when Trump WAS on the ballot:

    R+11.9 Liberty
    R+10.5 Calhoun
    R+7.0 Holmes
    R+5.6 Dixie
    R+4.7 Layfayette
    R+4.7 Union
    R+4.6 Baker
    R+4.4 Gulf
    R+2.9 Taylor
    R+2.0 Jefferson
    R+1.6 Hamilton
    R+1.4 Washington
    R+1.1 Madison
    R+0.3 Suwannee
    R+0.2 Gilchrist
    D+0.8 Franklin
    D+0.9 Columbia
    D+1.0 Walton
    D+1.7 Jackson
    D+1.8 Bay
    D+2.4 Wakulla
    D+3.9 Okaloosa
    D+4.7 Santa Rosa
    D+4.8 Nassau

    Looks to me like MAGA is showing up. I hope the Bush Republicans show up.

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  20. lol,

    Boris does not know much .

    @Peoples_Pundit

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    From the 8am to 9am hour, Florida Republicans added 0.1% to their total edge, R+3.6 to R+3.7.

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  21. Baris is not good at math.

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  22. the edge is currently GOP +4.7. What did Baris expect, that 2 million Republicans would all show up before 9:00 a.m.?

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  23. What did Baris say?

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  24. Sure, but if they vote for Nixon, they really weren’t indies.”

    Right.

    Most of the indies in CA vote Marxist.

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  25. Trump does brand well.

    Brooke Taylor (@Brooketaylortv) ·

    UPDATE: Turns out these aren’t Texan voters. They’re from Sweden. https://t.co/mslByy5Js6

    View on X

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  26. I am a decline to state in ca. I vote R. However, most do not.

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  27. “What did Baris say?” He said that from 8 to 9 the GOP barely moved the needle, which is not really true.

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  28. @ElectionWiz

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    ELECTION ALERT: TX Election Day, first ~2 hours vs 2024: Montgomery County (Trump +45): 11,477 check-ins vs 11,485, about 100% of 2024’s pace Travis County (Austin): 18,051 vs 21,052, about 86% The red exurbs are matching presidential-year turnout, an early positive sign for Paxton, but Travis banked a big early vote, so its Election Day dip may just mean Democrats already voted. Afternoon turnout will tell us more.

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  29. GOP just took the overall lead in Seminole county

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  30. Dallas county looks quite ugly so far for Freako.

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  31. In just 20 minutes the GOP edge in FL jumped from +4.7 to +5.1

    The shift from four years ago is down to Dem +6.0

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  32. The aa vote must be off for freako in Dallas county. Freako never tried to mend fences with Crockett.

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  33. GOP just took the lead in election day voting in Orange county Florida (Orlando)

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  34. so now the GOP leads election day voting in all counties other than Broward, Gadsden and Leon

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  35. In just 10 minutes the GOP edge in FL jumped from +5.1 to +5.3

    The shift from four years ago is down from Dem +6.0 to Dem +5.8

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  36. That ain’t Paul, it’s Bunu.

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  37. The absolute ceiling for Republicans tonight would be to narrowly win races in Maine, Alaska, Iowa, and Kansas. The odds against that happening are not good in this environment of course and we’re just as likely to get swept. NC, Texas, Ohio are already gone.

    Avoid watching election returns tonight if you want to save yourself some moment by moment misery and stress. Put on a couple of movies, curl up with a good book……..don’t even peek at the internet or television coverage. Save yourself the pain of watching it all unfold in real time. You voted and that’s all you can do. Deal with the carnage tomorrow if you have to or if you are like me, just plan to uncouple yourself from politics for the next two years and pray Democrats don’t get the WH in 2028. Once controlling all branches this will happen:

    4 new Democratic senators from Puerto Rico and DC

    Court packed. Supreme Court packed insuring no guard rails on anything Democrats want to do no matter how nutty.

    census in 2030 will include illegals in redistricting ensuring the House more than likely will stay Democratic for the next decade.

    Open borders – possibly eliminating ICE entirely or at the least, watering it down to the point of restricting it to the point of being as ineffective as it was during the Biden administration. Hey, more illegals to count in the census.

    Nation wide voting guidelines (like Democrats came within inches of passing last time they controlled all three branches) prohibiting voter ID, allowing massive endless mail in voting with no verification….. Elections at that point will be a farce and it won’t just be California any longer. Think California on a nation wide scale. The packed courts will bless it.

    The left will never do all of that you say? What planet have you been living on? The moderates in the Democratic Party would never go for it. LOL What moderates? Fetterman and who else? The Senate filibuster would stop it? Democrats in lock step will remove that hurdle. They have openly stated so. The Courts will curtail all of the above radical ideas and protect our institutions? Another big LOL. The courts will be packed, remember? They will rubber stamp all of it. Public opinion will stop Democrats? Haha The public opinion is 80% in favor voter ID. Lot of good that will do. Besides if you rig the election and voting process what difference does public opinion make? You think 2020 election was bad, you ain’t seen nothing yet.

    In short, the left can do anything they want to permanently ensure power……..and will.

    I’m out. God help us. Pray for a Republican with a veto pen in the WH in 2028. It will be the last stand. Without it, the United States will never be the same again and there will be no going back.

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  38. okay, will delete his post and my response.

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  39. Phil, if Republicans show up in Ohio today like they are in Florida, then Husted wins.

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  40. GOP down only 4,700 votes in Broward county election day voting.

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  41. Refresh the page to see the chart I added about Florida election day voting.

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  42. In just 30 minutes the GOP edge in FL jumped from +5.3 to +5.5

    The shift from four years ago is down from Dem +5.8 to Dem 5.6

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  43. You do good work, DW.

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  44. Guam has tipped uh flipped

    R wins it.

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  45. Guam a wash; GOV and Delegate offices flip, 51-48 for both races. Lots of personal retail politics there, the parties don’t mean quite what they do on the mainland here.

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  46. Incredible R turnout today in FL. In 2024 the final election day result was R+15.0. Currently it is R+25.0

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  47. Phil, those are all worrisome things, but also punted to 2028 since Trump can still veto anything Dems send to his desk.

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  48. sane, that’s what I have been saying all morning. Its not what Dems were hoping for. I personally know of one snow bird who drove 1000 miles during the last week to get home to FL in time to vote.

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  49. Also, the R margin is increasing by the hour. 7-8am was R+21.5, 10-11am was R+26.4, 11am on is R+27.5

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  50. Guam legislature also R. Yeah, maybe we need to give those islands out there their own state after all, their politics might shift more rightward if the candidate selection actually mattered more.

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  51. Yes punted until 2028, I understand that. What’s two years? I’m more worried about the long term…..hell, I just turned 75 so I will have lived my life under a USA with checks and balances. I’ll be in the ground when all this takes root…but I worry about my kids and grandkids.

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  52. sane, yes look at the hour by hour chart posted at the top of the page

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  53. In just 10 minutes the GOP edge in FL jumped from +5.5 to +5.8

    The shift from two years ago is down from Dem +5.6 to Dem 5.3

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  54. If this trend continues, the overall R-D % margin will approach that in 2024, which was R+11. The raw R vote margin today is going to significantly exceed that in 2024, which was 388k.

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  55. Boris Arafat is melting down. So far he is wrong about Florida. He was wrong about Messie months ago.

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  56. The main risk with FL in person is Dems do seem to turn out more in the afternoon. Let see what happens. Hopefully the current trend holds

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  57. I have not have time to look. Any more update on TX in person voting patterns ?

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  58. Ada (R) wins for Gov; Limtiaco (D) wins the Delegate seat both flips.

    Governor:
    ADA/CALVO (R) 15,945 51.45%
    TERLAJE/PEREZ (D) 14,925 48.15%
    Write-In Totals 124 0.40%
    Total Votes Cast 30,994 100.00%

    Delegate to Congress
    LIMTIACO (D) 15,645 51.00%
    MOYLAN (R) 14,983 48.84%
    Write-In Totals 49 0.16%
    Total Votes Cast 30,677 100.00%

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  59. GOP took lead in the overall count in St. Lucie county.

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  60. Freespeech212

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    Absolute stunning morning in Montgomery. Trump +45.5 in 2024. Three hours in, a midterm is beating a presidential race — hour 2: 5,562 vs 5,034, hour 3: 5,246 vs 4,869, hour 4 pacing ~5,351 vs 5,138. Day total already 19,609, ahead of 2024’s pace by ~600.

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  61. Want to point out again that the reason I follow Florida so closely is because the data is clear to read and easy to follow, and as the third largest state, it is a good sample size. It has MAGA Republicans, more moderate Republicans, moderate Dems and moonbat Dems. So its a decent representation of the country.

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  62. Dallas county looks way down. Hearing also that aas are not turning out.

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  63. In just 12 minutes the GOP edge in FL jumped from +5.8 to +5.9

    The shift from two years ago is down from Dem +5.3 to Dem 5.2

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  64. Boris Arafat hates Donalds. He is still melting down

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  65. Boris is not mentioning how ugly it looks for the Ds in browaed county.

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  66. DW, he’s at it again.

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  67. Ames

    @VivaLaAmes11

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    JUST IN: Late deciders are swinging Republican by +9 points – NYT

    9:53 AM · Nov 2, 2026

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  68. OK, looks like you saw it

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  69. @earlyvotedata

    Election Day Vote Update for Ohio: I ran a precinct analysis of the election day vote for counties that give us that data. Please keep in mind that this does not mean direct candidate choice but just gives us an idea what precincts are voting. Bottom line: there is an overall shift on E Day towards R precincts in these counties, which when combined with the early vote still has a shift overall to Democrats from 2024. Two counties have shifts on E day towards Democrats. If trends continue then the overall shift can still go more R, if things reverse than more D of course. Just providing data for you all based on the best way to look at things in a state like Ohio where party registration is not given. I’ll keep updating these same ones throughout the day just to get a sense of any changes.

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  70. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16259741/election-day-midterms-2026-live-updates.html

    WTF. Trump stabs Israel in the back on Election Day when some Jews are switching their votes to the GOP. He loves self-inflicted wounds and unforced errors.

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  71. I don’t think it matters much this late, bitter, but I hear what you are saying.

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  72. In just 12 minutes the GOP edge in FL jumped from +5.9 to +6.0

    The shift from two years ago is down from Dem +5.2 to Dem 5.1

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  73. uh no the Israelis don’t want our $. They have said it multiple times.

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  74. Jason I don’t recall eyeoring gop chances. As I recall, I was the closest to getting it right in 2016.

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  75. Nevada election day voting is R+8.8 so far

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  76. “Ballot scanners at polling places across Westchester County, New York, stopped accepting paper ballots on Election Day, raising the prospect of delayed results in one of the country’s most closely watched House races, between Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) and Democratic nominee Cait Conley. The county covers roughly 30% of New York’s 17th District”

    https://www.zerohedge.com/political/voting-machines-reject-paper-ballots-across-westchester-county-home-key-house

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  77. In just 20 minutes the GOP edge in FL jumped from +5.9 to +6.1

    The shift from two years ago is down from Dem +5.2 to Dem 5.0

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  78. They need to pay for backing the fake impeachment

    @sethjlevy

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    Watching John Cornyn and the Bush Republicans lose control of Texas will be one of my most anticipated potential outcomes this evening.

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  79. In just 8 minutes the GOP edge in FL jumped from +6.1 to +6.2

    The shift from two years ago is down from Dem +5.0 to Dem 4.9

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  80. “It’s a flock camera. Chopped her down. I’m Jeremy Todd, in the name of freedom and the constitution. We won’t be sold to netanyahu. Love you.”
    Todd will block all war funding for the Iran hoax. Todd is taking back KY-4 for Massie and the people
    https://x.com/Jtodd601/status/2116328123235021014?s=20

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  81. Hi, logging in from Texas for my bi annual chat participation. Anecdotally I have to say if anyone is public about who they are voting for here it is all Talarico. Have not seen a single Paxton sign in my (very blue admittedly) county. Will see how strong the silent republicans are this time.

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  82. I’m fine w watching cornyn and bush go away, but not if it means losing Abbott and a senate seat.

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  83. 1980Khoa

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    Republicans are now leading in over 95% of the counties in FL for ED. Furthermore, democrats are collapsing in deep blue Broward county. This is significant as it will increase Singer chance to unseat Moskowitz in FL-25 (republicans need to win this seat to keep the house close).

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  84. Shenanigans in Maricartel county. R Areas closed.

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  85. Welcome back, BF. GFY

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  86. The 12:18 post is not mine.

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  87. uh no the Israelis don’t want our $. They have said it multiple times.

    Then announce it tomorrow. Trump really does want to blow this election.

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  88. In just 7 minutes the GOP edge in FL jumped from +6.2 to +6.3

    The shift from two years ago is down from Dem +4.9 to Dem 4.8

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  89. I doubt Tina posted about Todd.

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  90. nice to see this place hasn’t changed since I first perused in 2004 🙂

    Still miss Polaris /sarcasm

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  91. Jeremy Todd is a Libertarian. I can take it down, Tina.

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  92. bunu is stealing handles again today. Everyone keep in mind that I will delete them. Nobody clicks on his links or believes his deceptions, but he keeps doing it anyway.

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  93. I already got it Bitter, but thanks for being on duty as well.

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  94. Overall ballot advantage in Florida is now GOP +420139

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  95. Thanks And after you BL. Is it poppin in Pinellas? Here in Deep blue Indianapolis it appears that turnout is light while outlying counties (GOP) are strong. All eyes on IN5 (Spartz v Ford), and Hamilton County is strong turnout. Normally GOP, it’s been getting less and less red over the past 10 years thanks to its rising pop and urbanisation. More AWFLs. So we’ll see soon after 6pm EST.

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  96. In just 10 minutes the GOP edge in FL jumped from +6.3 to +6.4

    The shift from two years ago is down from Dem +4.8 to Dem 4.7

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  97. DW, the wiz kids say that R edge in 2024 was 600k in FL, so anything approaching that should mean lights out for the Ds there even accounting for a big collapse for Rs amongst the indies.

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  98. GF, and then the larger question is how could it be true that the GOP would reach those numbers in Florida but then in the rest of the nation the generic ballot is Dem +10 to +15? If that were true would we see a dent in Florida’s numbers. Now we are seeing a small dent, but something more akin to a national generic ballot of D+3 to D+5.

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  99. If the generic ballot in NY, for example, comes to pass i.e. 55-42 D/R, then that is a 2024 electorate. CA will swing Dem a bit because Harris was awful even out here (she won by about 20 when Hillary and Biden won by 30), so that will move the national GCB a bit leftward. I don’t know if the IL numbers I saw a few days ago are correct, but if our no-name Senate candidate is actually polling in the low 40s, then that is also a more neutral environment. To be sure, I do think we will see bigger swings than normal in the upper midwest and the farm belt states, they’re hit hard by diesel prices, but how much? Stay tuned…

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  100. I hope the farmers realize that Trump’s diesel price is still better than when the Dems will ban diesel and require electric tractors.

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  101. In just 13 minutes the GOP edge in FL jumped from +6.4 to +6.5

    The shift from two years ago is down from Dem +4.7 to Dem 4.6

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  102. The good, the bad and the ugly of my polling place. (with explanation)

    1. The good. Seems like stronger turnout. Since this is a red area, higher turnout should portend more GOP votes.
    2. The bad. Most of the voters seemed to be women voting alone. Since women tend to vote more Dem, could be a bad sign,
    3. The ugly. No Amish voters. Since IF they vote they vote R, it could be an ugly sign.

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  103. Republicans are now leading in over 95% of the counties in FL for ED.”

    We are becoming a godless country if Erectile Disfunction is on the ballot.

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  104. GOP only 5300 votes behind in election day voting in broward

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  105. Jason I don’t recall eyeoring gop chances. As I recall, I was the closest to getting it right in 2016.”

    Bayern was hacked!

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  106. In just 7minutes the GOP edge in FL jumped from +6.5 to +6.6

    The shift from two years ago is down from Dem +4.6 to Dem 4.5

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  107. If the GOP loses big we might get some trolls tonight besides the Biden Troll.

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  108. I wonder whatever became of Canadian Cory (of Marxist Math 101% fame). Last I saw, he was starting to get “worried” around 11PM EST on 8th NOV, 2016.

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  109. First polling miss comes out of Guam, according to RRH;

    “Guam is the 1st massive poll miss of 2026. Pre-election polling had Democrats winning the Guam gubernatorial election in a landslide. The October 29th Pasquines poll has Democrat Therese Terlaje winning by a 57.9% to 35.4% margin. She lost to Republican Tony Ada by over 3 points.”

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  110. Who cares about Baris? What does the fox say?

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  111. overall GOP advantage in FL has passed 450,000 and is still climbing

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  112. @Freespeech212

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    1/3 🚨 Montgomery County, TX (Trump +45.5 in 2024) has recorded 26,887 Election Day check-ins by noon. That’s already 5,202 (+24%) more than its busiest early-voting day of 2026 (21,685 on Oct. 30).

    And there are still 7 hours of voting left.

    2/3 Here’s the remarkable part — hourly turnout vs. the 2024 presidential election: • Hour 1: 5,950 vs. 6,451 (−7.8%) • Hour 2: 5,585 vs. 5,034 (+10.9%) • Hour 3: 5,254 vs. 4,869 (+7.9%) • Hour 4: 5,348 vs. 5,138 (+4.1%) • Hour 5: 4,740 vs. 4,830 (−1.9%) Three consecutive hours BEAT presidential Election Day turnout.

    3/3 The bigger picture: First 5 hours in 2024: 26,322 votes First 5 hours in 2026: 26,877 votes (+2.1%) A midterm is outperforming the presidential election’s opening five hours in raw Election Day check-ins. Add 183,341 early votes, and Montgomery has already crossed 210,000 total ballots before noon, surpassing its entire 2022 midterm vote count. All this in a county Trump carried by 45.5 points. Extraordinary participation — though turnout alone doesn’t tell us how voters are voting.

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  113. BL, I wonder if those anecdotes will be as consequential as the PUMA effect in 2008.

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  114. Looks like in Ohio, the red Trump counties are turning Out. They are doing numbers similar to or exceeding 2024 presidential

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  115. In just 20 minutes the GOP edge in FL jumped from +6.6 to +6.7

    The shift from two years ago is down from Dem +4.5 to Dem 4.4

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  116. The d surge is coming in Florida.

    -Boris Arafat

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  117. Let’s hold the Congress. I have my $5000 earmarked.

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  118. We’ll see in the next few hours if Baris knows what he’s talking about. He says the GOP needs to be at +11 by mid-afternoon to hold off the late D vote surge.

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  119. Hi Folks,

    Thought I’d check in to say hello to my HHR friends. The early signs of ED voting look pretty good for the GOP so far, especially here in FL. Nice result Guam. I have noticed on X today that the GOP posters seems optimistic about they see nationwide so far, but the Dems are not happy, so far.

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  120. “the GOP needs to be at +11 by mid-afternoon”

    +11 what?

    In just 10 minutes the GOP edge in FL jumped from +6.7 to +6.8

    The shift from two years ago is down from Dem +4.4 to Dem 4.3

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