As we all know, the presidential election is looking very close though some observers have recently suggested pollsters might be “herding” a bit to avoid embarrassment and thereby misleading people about the true state of the race. Meanwhile, the battle to control the US House is also looking very close.
Public and private polling, as well as interviews with strategists and operatives in both parties, point to one of the tightest contests yet for the House majority, which Republicans now hold by a mere four seats. While the vast majority of the 435 seats in the House are not in play, the roughly two dozen that are being contested are truly up for grabs. Of the 22 races rated most competitive by the nonpartisan Cook Political Report, 20 are within the margin of error in internal Democratic polling…
The battlefield includes centrist Democratic incumbents in…
