With the midterm elections almost here, ABC’s World News Tonight took one last opportunity to pump viewers full of Democrat propaganda. They did so by continuing to tout the wild last-minute outlier poll published by The New York Times.
Watch as correspondent Rachel Scott breathlessly goes through the NYT polling in each of the featured races, showing Democrats winning big in red states:
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DAVID MUIR: And one more note tonight showing just how fascinating this night could be tomorrow night, it could be a real nail biter. The new polls tonight on several key Senate races, many in normally deep red states. And what these polls show. So let's bring in Rachel Scott. She's already over at the big board getting ready for the big night. And what do these polls show, Rachel?
RACHEL SCOTT: Well, David, these polls coming in the 11th hour right ahead of Election Day. I want to take you right to it, starting in Maine. It is the Democrat, Troy Jackson, 51%, polling ahead of the Republican incumbent, Senator Susan Collins, who is at 45%. Let's take you to Michigan. Abdul el-Sayed, the Democrat, 53%, several points ahead of the Republican Mike Rogers, who's trailing behind at 42. Over to Ohio, the former Senator Sherrod Brown ahead here, 49% of the incumbent Senator Jon Husted, a Republican who is at 44, and over to Iowa. I mean, take a look at this. This is a dead heat. The Democrat Josh Turek 48%. The Republican Ashley Hinson 47%. This race is neck-and-neck over to Texas. An unexpected battleground. Democrat James Talarico at 50% polling ahead right now, the Republican Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, he's at 43%. And then the red state of Texas(sic), it is the Democrat, Adam Hamilton, sitting at 49% heading into Election Day ahead of the incumbent, Roger Marshall, who is at 45- 44%. David, many of these states have not sent a Democrat to the Senate in decades.
This is ABC’s second crack at pumping these polls, as our own Curtis Houck pointed out earlier. Scott was equally enthusiastic about gas prices as a driver of voter discontent. But the gas price argument has its limitations.
In order to manufacture a doomsday scenario for Republicans, Scott breathlessly stated that the $4.14/gallon average price is the highest ever on Election Day. This doesn’t consider inflation. The $3.80/gallon in 2022, adjusted for inflation is $4.38 today. The $3.06/gallon from 2010 adjusts to $4.73 today. This arbitrary gas price figure is little more than a fake statistic intended to further inflame the electorate into pulling the lever for Democrats so that ABC can resume their role as enthusiastic Democrat regime media.
ABC doesn’t just want to spur liberals, they also want to help demoralize Republicans. We leave you with the words of the late, great Rush Limbaugh:
The polls are just being used as another tool of voter suppression. The polls are an attempt to not reflect public opinion, but to shape it. Yours. They want to depress the heck out of you.
Click “expand” to view the full transcript of the aforementioned report as aired on ABC World News tonight on Monday, November 2nd, 2026:
DAVID MUIR: And one more note tonight showing just how fascinating this night could be tomorrow night, it could be a real nail biter. The new polls tonight on several key Senate races, many in normally deep red states. And what these polls show. So let's bring in Rachel Scott. She's already over at the big board getting ready for the big night. And what do these polls show, Rachel?
RACHEL SCOTT: Well, David, these polls coming in the 11th hour right ahead of Election Day. I want to take you right to it, starting in Maine. It is the Democrat, Troy Jackson, 51%, polling ahead of the Republican incumbent, Senator Susan Collins, who is at 45%. Let's take you to Michigan. Abdul el-Sayed, the Democrat, 53%, several points ahead of the Republican Mike Rogers, who's trailing behind at 42. Over to Ohio, the former Senator Sherrod Brown ahead here, 49% of the incumbent Senator Jon Husted, a Republican who is at 44, and over to Iowa. I mean, take a look at this. This is a dead heat. The Democrat Josh Turek 48%. The Republican Ashley Hinson 47%. This race is neck-and-neck over to Texas. An unexpected battleground. Democrat James Talarico at 50% polling ahead right now, the Republican Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, he's at 43%. And then the red state of Texas(sic), it is the Democrat, Adam Hamilton, sitting at 49% heading into Election Day ahead of the incumbent, Roger Marshall, who is at 45- 44%. David, many of these states have not sent a Democrat to the Senate in decades.
MUIR: Yeah, a lot of these states are deep red states, at least normally speaking. Very different midterm election on tap here. We should point out that many of these races are within the margin of error. We've seen polling errors before, but what this does show is it going to be a very close night. So we want everyone to tune in. In the meantime, you're tracking another key number because we know what voters have been telling us about the key issue this election.
SCOTT: The economy, the economy. It's top of mind. I want to take you to one more number here. The average price for a gallon of gas, $4.14 a gallon. The average price for diesel right now averaging $6.29 a gallon. If these two numbers hold, it will be the highest gas and diesel prices on record ever on Election Day. David.
MUIR: All right, Rachel Scott, this time tomorrow, you have some company. Rick Klein will be at the big board with you. And of course, John, Mary, Lindsay and Martha will be up here at the desk. Thanks so much for being here tonight. Early. The entire powerhouse political team will be here. And our correspondents from Alaska, Texas, Michigan, Ohio, South Carolina, Maine, so many other states, too, all across this country. Our coverage begins tomorrow night on World News Tonight. And then right at 7 P.M. Eastern, we come on the air right through the wee hours of the morning this time tomorrow night. Thank you.
