{"id":71221,"date":"2026-11-10T15:52:46","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T23:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=71221"},"modified":"2026-11-10T15:56:16","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T23:56:16","slug":"maga-mike-johnson-is-apoplectic-that-polls-were-wildly-inaccurate-in-favor-of-republicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=71221","title":{"rendered":"MAGA Mike Johnson is APOPLECTIC that Polls Were &#8216;Wildly Inaccurate&#8217; &#8211; In Favor of Republicans?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Political losers often exhibit an impressive ability to deny reality and spin catastrophic outcomes into triumphant victories. They seem to believe that accepting defeat signals weakness, and will do anything to avoid appearing enfeebled.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=MAGA Mike Johnson is APOPLECTIC that Polls Were 'Wildly Inaccurate' - In Favor of Republicans?%0D&#038;url=https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=71221\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to post this article on Twitter\/X<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/intent\/compose?text=MAGA Mike Johnson is APOPLECTIC that Polls Were 'Wildly Inaccurate' - In Favor of Republicans?%20https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=71221\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to post on Bluesky<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-baby-congress.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump, Congress, Mike Johnson\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59401\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nobody exemplifies that character flaw better than MAGA Republicans who take their cues from the undisputed champion of reality denial, Donald Trump. The results of the midterm election last week are a prime example of Trump&#8217;s capacity for self-delusion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE THIS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=71218\" target=\"_blank\">BABBLING TRUMP Says that EVERYONE\u2019S Net Worth Went Up $3 Billion and the Election Was RIGGED!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Among the willingly deceived is the soon-to-be former GOP House Speaker, Mike Johnson. On Tuesday he was asked about the Midterm MAGA Fiasco of 2026 and responded by claiming that it could not possibly have been predicted and that no one could have known how bad it was going to be for the GOP. He told reporters that&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;With regard to the polls, that wasn&#8217;t my opinion. Everybody saw the polls were off. They were off all over the place. None of you projected the final outcome.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"embed-x\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Johnson: With regard to the polls, that wasn&#39;t my opinion. Everybody saw the polls were off. They were off all over the place. None of you projected the final outcome. The polls were wildly inaccurate. The polling industry missed it yet again by a mile. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nv0XHwjVxs\">pic.twitter.com\/nv0XHwjVxs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Acyn (@Acyn) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Acyn\/status\/2119941543989784994?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Actually, Johnson&#8217;s remarks regarding the polls were entirely his opinion. Everybody saw the polls were accurate all over the place. Every one of them projected the final outcome. For a more realistic appraisal of the accuracy of the polling, check out what CNN&#8217;s data analyst had to say about it&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;How much Copium was the president of the United States drinking before this election? [&#8230;] The polling clearly showed a historic wave for Democrats and that is exactly what happened, regardless of what the man at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue might have thought was going to occur. [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The bottom line was the polls showed that Democrats were going to have a historically strong line in the Senate. There was a good chance that they were going to do historically well in the House of Representatives. And showed that Donald Trump was the least popular president ever going into a midterm election. And they were all right.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"embed-x\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ton of copium was being drunk by Trump &amp; some GOP leaders pre-election.<\/p>\n<p>Polls showed Dems were favored to win the Senate with room to spare.<\/p>\n<p>Many polls showed a 10+ pt win for the Dems in the national house vote.<\/p>\n<p>Polls had Trump as the most unpopular prez ever pre-midterm. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/haZhYJGclk\">pic.twitter.com\/haZhYJGclk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ForecasterEnten\/status\/2120192513428320391?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>If anything, the polls under estimated the performance of Democrats, predicting victories that were a few short of what they achieved in both the House and the Senate. So Johnson is actually complaining that the problem with the pollsters is that they favored Republicans. Which <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Acyn\/status\/2116615849733661126\" target=\"_blank\">contradicts his prior assertions<\/a><\/strong> that <em>&#8220;the polls are wrong. We&#8217;re going to defy history, and we are going to be celebrating big victories on Tuesday night.&#8221;<\/em> Even worse, Johnson accused pollsters of conspiring against Republicans in an orchestrated plot to undermine them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE HERE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=71179\" target=\"_blank\">IT\u2019S A PSYOP! Mike Johnson Whines On Election Eve that \u2018The Polling is Wrong\u2019 \u2013 Even MAGA Polls?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s one thing to try to paint a rosy scenario over a difficult to tolerate situation. It&#8217;s something else entirely to manufacture a fantasy world that has no resemblance to the world the rest of us live in. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=71218\" target=\"_blank\">Trump himself has weighed in<\/a><\/strong> to whine <em>&#8220;Does anybody really believe that this \u2018Election\u2019 was honest? How could the Polls be so wrong???&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Of course the answers to Trump&#8217;s questions are <em>&#8220;Yes,&#8221;<\/em> most people believe the election was honest. And the polls speak for themselves as to how right they were. But don&#8217;t expect Trump or his MAGA cult to embrace a reality that is simply too painful for them to accept. Poor things.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED STORIES:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=71209\" target=\"_blank\">Scaredy Trump Threatens to Imprison Democrats for Daring to Hold Him Accountable for His Crimes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=71198\" target=\"_blank\">HYSTERICAL: Trump Blames the Historic Rout of his MAGA Republican Party on \u2013 Fox News?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=71184\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Promises to Leave the US if Americans Get Tired of Him \u2013 OKAY, GO NOW!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Be sure to visit and follow News Corpse<br \/>\non <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewsCorpse\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter\/X<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewsCorpse\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/newscorpse.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\">Bluesky<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@newscorpse\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Threads<\/a>.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>And check out my books on Amazon:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2aOYFpM\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">Fox Nation vs. Reality:<br \/>\nThe Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Thanks so much for your support.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Political losers often exhibit an impressive ability to deny reality and spin catastrophic outcomes into triumphant victories. They seem to believe that accepting defeat signals weakness, and will do anything to avoid appearing enfeebled. Click here to post this article on Twitter\/X or Click here to post on Bluesky Nobody exemplifies that character flaw better [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[152,1,16],"tags":[554,1140,1504,430],"class_list":["post-71221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-election","category-general","category-wankery","tag-donald-trump","tag-election","tag-mike-johnson","tag-polls"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-iwJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":71179,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=71179","url_meta":{"origin":71221,"position":0},"title":"IT&#8217;S A PSYOP! 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