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On the recordNovember 5, 2022
I have won when the polls said I couldn't and I have lost when the polls said I would win, so I am not a big believer in all of the horse race stuff.
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Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri

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Expressing skepticism about polls and their predictive value in elections.

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