One of the most remarkable aspects of the last two Democrat primaries in Wisconsin and Michigan is how utterly wrong the polls were.
Abdul El-Sayed was supposed to win by double digits, according to the polls. He squeaked out a win by one point. Francesca Hong was supposed to win in a landslide, according to the polls. She ended up losing. What is going on?
Pollster and political analyst Frank Luntz took to Twitter/X last night and called for a complete shutdown of primary polling in the midwest.
I am calling for a total and complete shutdown of primary polling in the Midwestern United States until we can figure out what the hell is going on. https://t.co/Wm6TwTuaUG
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) August 12, 2026
He talked about this on Newsmax today:
Pollster and communication strategist Frank Luntz told Newsmax that political pollsters must begin to admit they aren’t always right.
Luntz told Ed Henry on “The Big Take” on Wednesday that “what we have now are pollsters on both sides, Democrats and Republicans, not acknowledging how wrong they are, how they cannot make these projections.”
Luntz said the math doesn’t work with low voter turnouts that happen often.
“How,” he explained, “when you get turnouts of 15% electorate, you can’t make a conclusion or a projection. And pollsters need to stop doing this.”
Luntz posted about the issue in the early hours of Wednesday in connection with the Wisconsin governor’s race, where democratic socialist Francesca Hong had been declared as carrying large, double-digit leads over eventual winner David Crowley.
“I am calling for a total and complete shutdown of primary polling in the Midwestern United States,” he wrote, “until we can figure out what the hell is going on.”
Luntz told Henry that he was among those pollsters in 2016 who went all-in on Hillary Clinton winning the presidency…
Luntz said people who release political polling need to stand up and admit that “this is not a science,” he said. “It is an art, and you need to be much more careful about what you say and how you conclude.
Watch the video below:
"This has happened before; it will happen again until pollsters stop talking."
Pollster Frank Luntz attempted to explain what is going on with inaccurate polling information in Midwestern states on Wednesday's "Ed Henry The Big Take." @FrankLuntz @edhenry pic.twitter.com/bTNqpBBdhO
— NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) August 12, 2026
The polls have been ridiculously wrong, but as you may have noticed, it always goes in the same direction.
It always benefits the far left. Funny that.
