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Cooper’s Eye on the Left: Angry Democrats blame their bought-and-paid for pollsters for House election losses

The Associated Press / Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-California, unintentionally wearing Republican red, arrives to talk to reporters about the party's poor Election Day showing in the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C.
The Associated Press / Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-California, unintentionally wearing Republican red, arrives to talk to reporters about the party's poor Election Day showing in the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C. The Associated Press / Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-California, unintentionally wearing Republican red, arrives to talk to reporters about the party's poor Election Day showing in the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C.

By Clint Cooper 4 min read

That’s rich

The chairwoman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) reportedly slammed polls and turnout models last week in a phone call with House Democrats when the party lost seats – instead of gaining up to 15, as had been predicted as late as Election Day. Now that’s rich because most polling organizations either favor Democrats or are polling to get a specific result that Democrats want.

“I’m furious,” U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos said. “Something went wrong here across the entire political world. Our polls, Senate polls, gov. polls, presidential polls … public polls, turnout modeling, and prognosticators all pointed to one political environment. That environment never materialized.”

Democrats currently hold a 232-197 majority in the House, with six seats empty. Votes are still being counted, of course, but National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman Michael McAdams said it was not out of the realm of possibility that Republicans could wind up with 208 to 212 seats. That would place them in an excellent position to retake the House in 2022 and control Congress for the last two years of a potential Joe Biden administration.

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