Democrats won back a majority in the Michigan House and restored their party’s full control of state governmentTuesday thanks to victories in two special elections.
Mai Xiong won the special election in the 13th District, which covers Warren and part of Detroit, while Peter Herzberg won in the 25th District, which contains the cities of Wayne and Westland. Both candidates were favorites in the heavily Democratic districts.
The lower chamber has been tied 54-54 between Democratic and Republican lawmakers since November, when two Democratic representatives vacated their seats after winning mayoral races in their hometowns.
Democrats flipped both chambers in the 2022 midterms while maintaining control of the governor’s office to win a trifecta for the first time in 40 years. They moved quickly to roll back decades of Republican measures and implement the party’s agenda in their first year, including overhauling the state’s gun laws.
Nationwide Democrats have been beating polls by 9+ points since Roe v. Wade was overturned.
Over 4 years now. Either Big Media wants a horse race and are targeting polls or they no longer know how to poll accurately.
Polling in state-government races and special election has always been terrible because there isn’t the money to do good polling several times. +/-10 points is within the historical performance for these types of races. Stop looking for conspiracies everywhere.
I’d say your “horse race” theory is likely correct.
It creates unease and uncertainty which some people will tune in more for longer. It’s all about the almighty engagement metrics