Confidence in U.S. public opinion polling was shaken by errors in 2016 and 2020. In both years’ general elections, many polls underestimated the strength of Republican candidates, including Donald ...

President Donald Trump signed his signature legislation on July 4, marking a major political victory for Republicans. But ...

The poll of 853 likely voters, conducted online between Oct. 23-26 and released exactly one week before Election Day, has both candidates at 47%, with 2% of respondents saying they will vote for a ...

"You shouldn't have to have a son in the NFL to own a home. Everything's backwards," said Allred in his Senate race ...

Poll monitoring raises specter of election violence, but experts focus on what happens afterward Law enforcement officials, election workers and volunteer peacemakers all brace for a new era of ...

How do exit polls account for the people who vote early or by mail? In the 2020 presidential election, about 70% of voters voted before Election Day using some form of mail or early in-person voting.

After a poor performance in 2020, pre-election polls this year were largely accurate in depicting a tight race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, though they again underestimated support for ...

Poll closing times vary from state to state, from county to county and, in some parts of the country, from town to town. (So, it’s good to check with your specific election authorities, as they ...

Presidential election polls are increasingly inaccurate, make the media look bad and stress everybody out. So do we really need hundreds of them before Election Day? By James Hibberd Writer-at ...