Punchbowl News: “Speaker Mike Johnson has spent most of 2026 insisting that the polls are wrong and House Republicans are well positioned to hang onto their razor-thin majority.
Said Johnson: “It feels like 2024 to me. I’m telling you the polling is not reflecting this. The polling is not letting everyone know what’s really happening.”
”But inside the House Republican Conference, there’s panic, anger and resignation.”
”In conversations with dozens of House GOP lawmakers, aides and operatives, there’s a deep fear of a complete washout on Nov. 3. Is it guaranteed? No. Polls are imperfect and often wrong. But the mood is exceedingly grim.”
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