Republicans, bias in midterm polls

Republicans, bias in midterm polls
Republicans, bias in midterm polls

Republicans always believe the polls are slanted against them. That belief has sometimes caused them to misread big political races. In 2012, for example, a significant number of Republicans convinced themselves that GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney was actually going to defeat incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama.

There was a lot of talk about “unskewing” the polls. Then Obama beat Romn…