1. Elections aren't decided by polls
They are decided by counting votes
So we should pay more attention to Pennsylvania — which could determine control of the Senate — where Republicans are trying to exclude thousands of ballots from eligible voters
Trashing votes
In the last days of a campaign, a lot of the coverage focuses on polls and trying to predict the outcome. But the winners and losers will not be decided by a poll; they will be decided by counting votes. And Republicans are engaged in an aggressive effort to invalidate ballots in key states from legal voters.
