How Top Pollsters Grade 2024’s Polls Despite a pretty accurate year, the pre-election polls once again underestimated support for Donald Trump. Does that make it a successful polling cycle, or not?

Why Exit Polls Are Misleading Exit polls don’t have a very good track record, and they can contribute to misleading narratives on election night.

The Polls Are Close. The Results Might Not Be. We are just a very normal polling error away from either candidate landing a decisive victory on Tuesday.

So, Can We Trust the Polls? Recent changes add up to a case for cautious optimism on better accuracy, but that’s far from a guarantee.

So, You’re Addicted to Reading the Polls You left your most recent dinner party to read the latest Muhlenberg Poll of the PA 7th Congressional. You’ve developed an involuntary facial tic triggered by the word “toss-up.” You had one of those special dreams again with Steve Kornacki, where you were the map. Does this sound familiar? You’re addicted to the polls. It’s perfectly understand…

Two Theories for Why the Polls Failed in 2020, and What It Means for 2024 To make polling better, you have to figure out what went wrong in the first place.

What Polls Tell Us About the State of the 2024 Race Why Republicans are jubilant and Democrats are despondent.

What Post-Debate Polls Reveal About Replacing Biden Which Democratic candidate would stand the best chance of winning a crucial group of voters over?

The World Heads to the Polls Hundreds of millions of people around the world have recently voted in elections with important climate issues like extreme heat and coal dependence.

Searching for Clues in the Polls About a Trump Conviction He may not lose support at all, but he depends on the support of many young and nonwhite voters who haven’t voted for him in the past and who might be likelier to leave his side.

What Time Do Polls Close? Voting will end starting at 6 p.m. Eastern in Kentucky, as Election Day wraps up.

About the Times/Siena College Swing State Polls

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Trailing in Polls, U.K.’s Conservatives Look to Unleash the ‘Real Rishi’ Sunak The British prime minister is trying to redefine himself as a conviction politician, leaning into the newly potent issue of meeting climate goals without raising costs for hard-pressed Britons.

Polls Show Ron DeSantis Sliding in the Republican Primary Several recent surveys, nationally and in early-voting states, undermine the governor’s argument that the primary is a two-way race between him and former President Donald J. Trump.

Vivek Ramaswamy Rises in Polls and Draws Attacks From G.O.P. Rivals Surging poll numbers and newly revealed concerns from Ron DeSantis’s super PAC underscore that Vivek Ramaswamy is having a well-timed political moment.