Why it’s all to play for in the 2018 midterm elections

Ranta, Ronald (2018) Why it’s all to play for in the 2018 midterm elections. USApp – American Politics and Policy Blog (17 Oct 2018). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

This year’s midterm elections are seen by many as the most important non-presidential contest in many years. But one pressing concern remains: following Donald Trump’s shock 2016 election victory, is it still possible to trust the polls? Ronald Ranta argues that, but for a few Midwestern states, the 2016 polls were really not all that inaccurate. This time around, he writes, the main problem for pollsters is turnout – if it is higher than expected, then the Democrats could do even better than is currently predicting.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/
Additional Information:	© 2018 The Author(s)
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JK Political institutions (United States)
Date Deposited:	28 Apr 2021 13:24
Last Modified:	11 Sep 2025 13:16
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/110266

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