Emerson College Polling on Wednesday released a survey of Tennessee's 7th Congressional District that appeared to show a very tight race, with the Republican nominee Matt Van Epps only leading State Representative Aftyn Behn (D-Nashville) by 2 percent as the election approaches in eight days. 

However, the pollsters did not immediately respond to a press inquiry from The Tennessee Star that sought an explanation for their methodology, and specifically, why their sample size included a disproportionate number of Democrat respondents when compared to the recent vote returns within the district.

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