Race/Topic   (Click to Sort) Poll Results Spread

Georgia: Trump vs. Biden Emerson Trump 49, Biden 41 Trump +8

Pennsylvania: Trump vs. Biden Emerson Trump 49, Biden 45 Trump +4

Michigan: Trump vs. Biden Emerson Trump 43, Biden 45 Biden +2

Wisconsin: Trump vs. Biden Emerson Biden 45, Trump 45 Tie

Nevada: Trump vs. Biden Emerson Trump 47, Biden 44 Trump +3

Arizona: Trump vs. Biden Emerson Trump 46, Biden 44 Trump +2

General Election: Trump vs. Biden I&I/TIPP Trump 41, Biden 43 Biden +2

Ahead of the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington for Black Americans’ civil rights, we asked U.S. adults what they think is the bigger problem when it comes to racial discrimination in the country today.

53% say people not seeing racial discrimination where it really does exist is the bigger problem.

45% point to people seeing racial discrimination where it really doesn’t exist as the larger issue.

With the U.S. facing a deadline to increase the nation’s debt limit and the threat of an economic recession looming, Americans lack confidence in a variety of key U.S. leaders on economic matters. Gallup finds between 34% and 38% of U.S. adults expressing a "great deal" or "fair amount" of confidence in President Joe Biden, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and congressional leaders in both major parties to do or recommend the right thing for the economy.

Most Americans view the Republican and Democratic parties as very different from each other. Yet the public does perceive some common ground between partisans in Washington on foreign policy, even as it sees much less bipartisan agreement on issues including abortion, gun policy and immigration.

A slim majority of Americans say there is a lot (10%) or some (44%) common ground between the foreign policy positions of Republicans and Democrats in Washington, while 34% say there is not too much.

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and amid reports of a growing youth mental health crisis, four-in-ten U.S. parents with children younger than 18 say they are extremely or very worried that their children might struggle with anxiety or depression at some point. In fact, mental health concerns top the list of parental worries, followed by 35% who are similarly concerned about their children being bullied, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.

If it’s possible to sum up a presidency in a single number, that number would be the president’s approval rating — or the share of Americans who approve of the job he’s doing. Arguably, that simple percentage can determine the fate of an entire presidency.

For instance, a high approval rating can marshal support for a president’s agenda and minimize his party’s losses in the midterm elections — not to mention help the president himself win reelection. But a low approval rating can be electoral poison and imply that a president has lost the mandate to govern entirely.

The Republicans have made some progress in the House of Representatives while the vote for the Senate is on a knife-edge.

Here is what we know so far about the results.

The Democrats are trying to hold on to control of the Senate, the upper chamber of Congress.

Before Tuesday's election the Senate was split 50-50 but the Democrats had control through the casting vote of the vice-president Kamala Harris.

Anew poll shows Republicans and Democrats are mostly united on an issue that has previously garnered strictly partisan support. A poll by YouGov found the majority of Americans—consisting of 80 percent of Democrats and nearly 60 percent of Republicans—believe social media companies have a responsibility to prevent users from posting hate speech.

With the midterm elections less than a month away, large majorities of Americans favor three measures meant to make voting easier: early voting (78% in favor), automatic voter registration (65%) and sending absentee ballots to all eligible voters (60%).

Majorities of Americans also oppose two measures that could make voting harder: removing inactive voters from voter lists (60%) and limiting the number of drop boxes for absentee ballots (59%). One restrictive policy that most Americans (79%) are on board with, however, is requiring photo identification to vote.

With the midterm elections less than two months away, an increasing share of Americans say that their side in politics has been losing more often than it has been winning.

About seven-in-ten U.S. adults (72%) say that, on the issues that matter to them, their side in politics has been losing more often than winning. Just 24% say their side has been winning more often than losing.

The share saying they feel like their side is losing politically has increased 7 percentage points since last year and 16 points since early 2020.