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Can I trust the polls? And other questions from listeners about the 2026 midterms

NPR Topics: News·Domenico Montanaro·about 4 hours ago
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Voters fill out their ballots at an early voting polling place at Bethel Lutheran Church on October 28, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minn. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images hide caption

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Ahead of Election Day, there are a lot of questions about what might happen, what the implications of different outcomes might be and even what it's like to cover elections. In collaboration with the NPR Politics Podcast, listeners sent in their questions about the election and politics for our political correspondents to answer.

Many political polls have been wrong recently.…

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