This year’s midterms will serve as a referendum on the first two years of President Donald Trump’s second term and will shape his final two years in office.

President Donald Trump sparked controversy by floating the idea of canceling US elections during a speech to House ...

Pre-election polls this year underestimated the strength of statewide Democratic candidates. In recent presidential elections, they underestimated the GOP share. A new report on the pre-election poll ...

At a time of maximum popular mistrust of major political institutions, the polling industry hasn’t been immune from battering. Indeed, now, as ever, we can periodically read angry screeds suggesting ...

Paul Whiteley has received funding from the British Academy and the ESRC. The resounding victories in recent elections by Democrats Zohran Mamdani in New York, Abigail Spanberger in Virginia and Mikie ...

Takeaways from an eventful 2025 election cycle. By Caroline Soler, Christine Zhang and Alex Lemonides Is there such a thing as an “off year” for U.S. elections? The elections in 2025 were not nearly ...