Mark Halperin

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Next Up with Mark Halperin · What Campaign Spending Reveals About the 2026 Midterms · 22 Sep 2026 podcast

excited to talk to them both about the midterms and about particularly about Iran with Dan. voice-verified

Before they join us, though, my reported monologue on the midterms. voice-verified

My mission between now and Election Day is to make NextUp the place you come to learn what's actually going on in the midterms. voice-verified

Not a left-wing view, not a right-wing view, not an ignorant view, not a view informed by stupidity or meaninglessness or off-base fake data, but based on my ability to talk to people voice-verified

strategists in both parties people in the states people in the individual campaigns the party committees the super packs and voters across the country part of why two-way is such a great platform for me as a journalist is i get to talk to on the program but also hear from so many people and i'm going to read to you an email i got from a member of the two-way community that i think is super instructive voice-verified

about where things stand. voice-verified

So first thing I want to tell you is stop complaining about the polls. voice-verified

If you don't like them, if you don't think they're accurate, stop reading them. voice-verified

The polling business is in crisis. voice-verified

Even people in polls in the polling business will tell you that, maybe especially people in the polling business. voice-verified

But I don't pay that much attention to them. voice-verified

I do get a lot of questions about them. voice-verified

said this before, focus on polls by reputable people, no matter whether they're in the media, at universities, or in politics. voice-verified

Focus on a range of polls over a period of time. voice-verified

Don't think one poll, if it's an outlier, is definitely true. voice-verified

A poll that's different from the previous polls may show change and facts on the ground, but it may just be an outlier, either because it was poorly done or just because that's how polls go. voice-verified

So I've voice-verified

focus on polls done for campaigns, party committees, and rich people, because they're well-funded. voice-verified

They're well done. voice-verified

They're done with the methodology and the rigor and the funding that are required to do great polls. voice-verified

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