Could polls about battleground Senate races be wrong? Democrat, Republican strategists weigh in
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Democrat and Republican strategists weigh in on whether polls in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Georgia and Minnesota could be wrong in predicting Dem candidates winning in November
But polls have been wrong before. In 2016, numerous polls showed Hillary Clinton ahead of Donald Trump, who succeeded in winning the election. Polls got major Senate races wrong in 2018 and 2020 as well – including Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, who won re-election in 2020 by 8.6% despite most polls showing her underwater.
To understand whether 2022 polls could have the same issues, Fox News Digital asked several top strategists, from both the Democratic and Republican parties, if the current 2022 polls that indicate Democrat Senate candidates are leading in states such as Pennsylvania, Ohio, Georgia and Minnesota could be as wrong as opinion polls were in 2020 and 2016. Here's what they said.