Show Notes
Mark Halperin’s reported monologue breaks down the final 2026 midterm polls, explaining why some are producing wildly different outcomes in the same races.
David Burrell of Wick reveals new insight on how Republicans are getting left out of some surveys, while Democrats are getting oversampled… and how it's creating some misleading results.
Aaron Parnas breaks down how young voters could be abandoning Republicans, and exactly how affordability is playing as an issue.
The Republican candidate for governor in California, Steve Hilton, comes back to tell us his hopes for the Golden State, win or lose.
And John Ellis explains how media coverage of 2026 races have changed… and the shocking realignment that has completely changed political fundraising.
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