Polls, Polls, and More Polls: Who to Believe and What to Predict? (Audio)

Light Beer Dark Money · Oct 15, 2026 · 1m

With less than three weeks until Election Day, Chris and Sean return to Light Beer | Dark Money for a deep dive into the polls, predictions, and pivotal races that could determine the balance of power in Washington and across the country.

From Texas, where Sean boldly predicts James Talarico will defeat the deeply flawed Ken Paxton, to the battle for control of the U.S. Senate, the forecasts couldn't be further apart. Nate Silver's projections give Democrats better than a 70% chance of flipping the Senate, while other pollsters see a Republican resurgence, particularly in Michigan and New…