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Fox forecasts Democratic House control; Johnson says polls are wrong

Rebel HQ's David Shuster puts the speaker's rebuttal alongside Republican concerns about Senate contests in Texas, Kansas and Alaska.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 726,497 views a day, 20 times a normal first day on this channel (36,126).

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0:09Fox's House forecast gives Democrats 223 seats, with 17 districts still rated toss-ups.
1:31Scott Jennings expresses concern about Republican Senate prospects in Texas, Kansas and Alaska.
2:25Bret Baier contrasts Trump's Lubbock County margin with Paxton's narrower lead.
3:30Mike Johnson tells Laura Ingraham that generic-ballot polling is flawed and underestimates Republicans.
5:08Shuster challenges Johnson's statements about gas prices under the Biden and Trump administrations.
8:16JD Vance defends Ramaswamy amid criticism of an Ohio campaign ad, followed by CNN's discussion.

Mike Johnson rejects the premise. Pressed by Laura Ingraham about unfavorable polling, the House speaker insists the surveys are missing what voters understand about the election.

"I'm telling you, the polling is inaccurate. The American people understand this is a contrast election," Johnson says in the interview footage featured in David Shuster's Rebel HQ report.

The segment opens with Fox News' updated House forecast, which puts Democrats at 223 seats, enough for a majority, while leaving additional districts as toss-ups. That is a forecast, not an election result. Shuster then turns to Senate contests where the cable-news discussion is less comfortable for Republicans than the states' partisan histories might suggest.

One telling detail comes from Texas: Bret Baier contrasts Donald Trump's large winning margin in Lubbock County with Ken Paxton's narrower lead. On CNN, Republican commentator Scott Jennings voices concern about Texas, Kansas and Alaska.

The report drew more than 360,000 views in eight hours, an unusually fast start for Rebel HQ's regular videos. Its comment section also surpassed the channel's usual full-day volume several times over, with repeated calls not to treat favorable polling as a substitute for voting.

Johnson's response gives the report its central tension: while Ingraham presses him on the possibility of Republican losses, he argues that the polling itself is wrong. Shuster follows that exchange by challenging Johnson's account of gas prices under Biden and Trump.

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Channel: Rebel HQ
Subscribers: 1,540,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days: 5,457,258
Channel views, pace per day: 787,721 (on a normal day: 728,250)
Video published: October 27, 2026
Video views so far: 362,129 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 726,497

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This report's early audience is far larger than Rebel HQ's usual first-day audience for regular videos. Comments have also passed the channel's usual full-day level.

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