NYT
Why Polling Chaos Could Create Big Problems for American Politics
Saturday, August 22, 2026
Polling organizations and betting markets have shown conflicting data on candidate strength and voter sentiment leading into the midterm and 2028 election cycles. Multiple polling firms have released surveys with varying methodologies and sample sizes, producing different results on the same races. Some surveys have been criticized for their sampling methods or question wording, though specific disputed polls and their details have not been identified in available reporting.
