With Election Day five days away, Democrats held an 8.2-point advantage in the national congressional ballot average, while polling averages showed Senate races in Texas and Michigan within three points.
RealClearPolling’s compilation of polls taken Oct. 8-26 put Democrats at 51.4% and Republicans at 43.2%. In Texas, the site’s two-candidate average for polls taken Oct. 8-21 gave Democrat James Talarico 48.5% support and Republican Ken Paxton 46.7%.
Michigan’s latest single poll showed a wider gap than the state’s multi-poll average. CBS Detroit reported that Mitchell Research & Communications surveyed 636 likely voters on Oct. 26-27; 51% backed Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and 44% Republican Mike Rogers. The poll reported a margin of error of 3.9 percentage points and a confidence level above 95%. The researchers said El-Sayed was positioned for a large victory on Nov. 3.
RealClearPolling’s Michigan average, based on polls conducted from Sept. 28 to Oct. 27, put El-Sayed at 48.8% and Rogers at 46.0%, a 2.8-point difference. The snapshots follow earlier EconoTimes coverage of close Senate polling.
The Associated Press reported that President Donald Trump campaigned in Ohio for Republican Sen. Jon Husted on Oct. 28. The AP also reported that former President Barack Obama appeared in suburban Atlanta with Sen. Jon Ossoff and Georgia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Keisha Lance Bottoms. AP quoted Obama as saying, “These are not serious people. They don’t have solutions to actual problems.”
AP reported that former Vice President Kamala Harris was scheduled to campaign in Georgia through Oct. 30. Her schedule included events with Ossoff and voter-protection events, and called for her to appear at the Fulton County Democratic Party’s annual gala on Oct. 30.
Voters will choose all 435 House members and about one-third of the 100 senators, determining control of both chambers for the next two years, according to USAGov. The Senate’s official lineup lists 53 Republicans, 45 Democrats and two independents who caucus with Democrats. Georgia.gov says advance in-person voting ends Oct. 30 and the state’s general election is Nov. 3.
