Late Deciders Swing to GOP Despite Dem Leads

The New York Times and Siena University polled 5,708 likely voters, and Democrats lead in Michigan by 11, Texas by 7, and Maine, Ohio and Kansas by smaller margins. Two days before an election, a lead is just a number nobody has checked yet. The number that matters is nine. Voters who decided in the last month favored Republicans by that much, and anybody who has bought a used truck knows the late money closes the deal. Those folks sat through the speeches and figured out who's all hat and no cattle. Democrats denounced Rep. Haley Stevens for endorsing Republican Mike Rogers Sunday morning, which is about how a barn cat takes a bath. Every Democrat in the poll improved since the last Times/Siena survey except Peltola. Don't count your chickens before they hatch.