Finals Quote by Mara Liasson

The latest national polls show a tightening in the race to the White House, especially in key states like Ohio and Florida. But when…

— Gwen Ifill

I think it's too soon. We are less than 24 hours since the polls closed, it's too soon to speculate. There's all sorts of…

— Nicky Morgan

In the final analysis this congressional race is always going to be a close race, whether there's a presidential race or governor's race or…

— Baron Hill

All we can tell you is that this race is too close for honest pollsters to predict.

— Ed Garvey

It has been an amazing presidential election in 2016. AMAZING. And I don't take it for granted. This sort of race comes along once…

— Christopher Michael Cillizza

Polling can only tell us so much. It captures a moment in time that can be sustainable or utterly fleeting. It can also be…

— Jessica Tarlov

I think the president's quite comfortable being the underdog. I think he's happy to run this race from - as if he were behind…

— Robert Gibbs

What we're seeing early on is Democrats rallying around Al Gore, Republicans rallying around George Bush and the difficulty of anybody else to get…

— Stuart Rothenberg

Our timing is right... The election results are still fresh in the minds of my Republican colleagues and they don't want to go through…

— Dick Durbin

Close elections tend to break toward the challenger because undecided voters - having held out so long against the incumbent - are by nature…

— Ron Fournier

“Not many people in Washington are thinking beyond the 2016 presidential election. It is sometimes argued that an American administration operates strategically for only…

— John Micklethwait

To some extent it [Mr. Bush's standing in the polls] is affecting the races, but only because the races really haven't begun. At some…

— John Brabender