There's been a lot of talk that maybe the polls are off, and the Democrats could lose the midterms. Note that even before the Iran war started and gas prices began to rise, Democrats outperformed in the biggest off-year elections, much more so than even in the 2018 cycle, a blue wave. In 2025, NJ and VA moved by an average of 9 points left, vs. just 2 points left in 2017. And D's substantially outperformed their polls in both NJ and VA in 2025 as well.