As politicians from both sides of the aisle brace for the final sprint before the midterm elections, a former GOP White House official said he believes polling is skewed toward Democrats, giving analysts a warped view of the electoral landscape.

Ari Fleischer, the former White House press secretary for the Bush administration, is cautioning that a bulk of the midterm polls being eyed by analysts lean too heavily on registered voters instead of likely ones, thereby including troves of those who are unlikely to cast their vote.