• Voters cast their ballots in Columbus, Ohio, on Nov. 3. This year’s misleading polls had real-world effects for both political parties in the U.S. Presidential and Congressional races. | MADDIE MCGARVEY / THE NEW YORK TIMES
    Voters cast their ballots in Columbus, Ohio, on Nov. 3. This year’s misleading polls had real-world effects for both political parties in the U.S. Presidential and Congressional races. | MADDIE MCGARVEY / THE NEW YORK TIMES
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U.S. Sen. Susan Collins did not lead in a single publicly released poll during the final four months of her re-election campaign in Maine. But Collins, a Republican, won the election comfortably.

Sen. Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican, trailed in almost every poll conducted in his race. He won, too.

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