{
  "id": 18279502,
  "title": "Polling experts hail ‘great night’ after correctly calling most key US midterm election races",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/polling-experts-hail-great-night-after-correctly-calling-most-key-us",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-05T08:00:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/05/polls-midterms-results-accurate"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Accuracy of US polling came into sharp focus after Trump outperformed polls in 2016, 2020 and 2024 Political polling experts hailed a “great night” for the industry after surveys accurately foresaw much of the Democratic blue wave that swept across the US in midterm elections. In only a handful of US Senate races, including Texas and New Hampshire, key polls failed to gauge the scale of the…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}