Congressional Republicans scorch pollsters over lousy election predictions

Published November 13, 2020 6:52pm ET



Congressional Republicans aren’t in a forgive-and-forget type of mood with pollsters who were badly off the mark on Election Day.

A series of high-profile pollsters ahead of Nov. 3 predicted Democrats would win a Senate majority and expand on their control of the House, winning up to 15 new seats. Instead, Republicans did better than expected. The GOP now has 50 Senate seats, to 48 for Democrats, and two Georgia runoff elections are set for Jan. 5. In the House, Democrats are likely to have the smallest majority in that chamber in two decades.

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