I think polls are very useful if one averages them out and then takes into consideration the margin of error. There are some polls I put a lot of stock in and others I don’t. The generic congressional poll is one I don’t. It a nationwide poll which gives us the nationwide numbers. That one doesn’t go district by district, just amasses what the total vote projection will be nationally. There can be quite a lot of differences between the total congressional vote vs. districts won and lost.

There are 435 elections for the House, not one big election as the Generic congressional ballot shows. It’s like the presidential, we have 50 different elections, not one mass election which the popular vote totals show. In the presidential, you need to go state by state, not any nationwide total of the vote. Same with the House of Representatives, take it district by district, not as one election, but as 435 different elections. Also, as far as the nationwide vote totals go for the House, one needs to remember there are 36 districts that have only one name on the ballot, no opposition. All votes will go to the candidate in these uncontested elections which skews the total congressional vote total.


It's high past time that we start electing Americans to congress and the presidency who put America first instead of their political party. For way too long we have been electing Republicans and Democrats who happen to be Americans instead of Americans who happen to be Republicans and Democrats.