Opinion | Today is the big day … for the pollsters

Polls point to a strong night for Democrats, but Election Day will test whether pollsters have learned from big Trump-era misses

Posted Tuesday, November 3, 2026 10:06 am

Tom Jones | Poynter

Today, the American people will head to the ballot box and cast their votes in a hotly contested and pivotal midterm election.

By this time tomorrow, we might finally get an answer to a question that the entire country has been waiting for.

I’m not talking about whether the nation is red or blue, conservative or liberal, right or left.

I’m talking about whether we can finally trust the polls.

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Opinion | Today is the big day … for the pollsters

Polls point to a strong night for Democrats, but Election Day will test whether pollsters have learned from big Trump-era misses

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