Past Poll Results

Yesterday's Poll Results

October 03, 2026

Should someone who voluntarily got drunk or high be considered legally unable to consent to sex, even if they were conscious and able to communicate?
58.72% -  Yes
41.28% -  No
*Percentage of 44,726 votes

October 02, 2026

Will the renewed investigation at Cornell result in any criminal convictions? (Percentage of 25,416 votes)
52.73% -  No
47.27% -  Yes

October 01, 2026

Should AI designers consider religious doctrine when programming morality? (Percentage of 24,193 votes)
59.32% -  No
40.68% -  Yes

September 30, 2026

Should the government tax the wealth of billionaires, or stick to taxing income? (Percentage of 31,806 votes)
62.4% -  Tax wealth
37.6% -  Tax income

September 29, 2026

After Donald Trump leaves office, will presidential power go back to what it was before? (Percentage of 33,949 votes)
60.49% -  No
39.51% -  Yes

September 28, 2026

Should stay-at-home parents get the same federal child care aid as parents who use daycare? (Percentage of 29,683 votes)
55.72% -  No
44.28% -  Yes

September 27, 2026

Who'd win this 2028 matchup: JD Vance or Kamala Harris? (Percentage of 31,300 votes)
54.21% -  Kamala Harris
45.79% -  JD Vance

September 26, 2026

Should parents who can afford a better school send their child to a struggling one to help improve it? (Percentage of 42,686 votes)
88.81% -  No
11.19% -  Yes

September 25, 2026

Would a Bernie/AOC ticket be viable in 2028? (Percentage of 35,221 votes)
87.92% -  No
12.08% -  Yes

September 24, 2026

Which is more likely: AI ends humanity or AI cures cancer? (Percentage of 29,593 votes)
23.8% -  AI ends humanity
76.2% -  AI cures cancer

September 23, 2026

Which was the most consequential U.S. presidential election of the last 50 years? (Percentage of 32,667 votes)
59.45% -  2016: Trump v. Clinton
14.39% -  2008: Obama v. McCain
12.85% -  2000: Bush v. Gore
11.16% -  1980: Reagan v. Carter
2.15% -  1992: Clinton v. Bush v. Perot

September 22, 2026

Trump and Mamdani are working together. Who's getting played? (Percentage of 29,693 votes)
31.66% -  Trump
29.43% -  Neither
24.8% -  Both
14.11% -  Mamdani

September 21, 2026

Is a candidate's civility toward opponents a factor in your vote? (Percentage of 30,368 votes)
87.27% -  Yes
12.73% -  No

September 20, 2026

Does Trump know his media ban won't survive in court? (Percentage of 33,094 votes)
81.07% -  Yes
18.93% -  No

September 19, 2026

Which scares you more: AI escaping control, or humans weaponizing AI? (Percentage of 43,824 votes)
70.9% -  Humans weaponizing AI
29.1% -  AI escaping control

September 18, 2026

Should Robert Kraft have pressured Ed Sheeran to remove Macklemore from his tour? (Percentage of 26,064 votes)
71.52% -  No
28.48% -  Yes

September 17, 2026

Was the Boston Globe right to name the Clancy holdout juror? (Percentage of 30,620 votes)
91.46% -  No
8.54% -  Yes

September 16, 2026

Who should regulate artificial intelligence? (Percentage of 29,298 votes)
80.29% -  The federal government
10.16% -  AI companies
7.02% -  The states
2.54% -  No one

September 15, 2026

Is the Democratic Party's future democratic socialism? (Percentage of 30,311 votes)
71.97% -  No
28.03% -  Yes

September 14, 2026

Who really runs the American economy: Big Tech, Big Banks and Big Oil, or the millionaires on Main Street? (Percentage of 27,928 votes)
67.64% -  Big Tech, Big Banks and Big Oil
32.36% -  The millionaires on Main Street

September 13, 2026

Should jurors in the Lindsay Clancy case be giving interviews about their deliberations? (Percentage of 27,022 votes)
68.7% -  No
31.3% -  Yes

September 12, 2026

Could AI wipe out humanity? (Percentage of 46,710 votes)
75.72% -  Yes
24.28% -  No

September 11, 2026

If 9/11 happened today, would America unite? (Percentage of 31,652 votes)
66.65% -  Yes
33.35% -  No

September 10, 2026

Will Trump's $5,000 "dividend" promise help Republicans in the midterms or backfire? (Percentage of 34,659 votes)
81.89% -  Backfire
18.11% -  Help Republicans

September 09, 2026

Who wins the House in November? (Percentage of 32,541 votes)
53.21% -  Democrats, narrowly
38.84% -  Democrats, comfortably (230 or more seats)
7.09% -  Republicans, narrowly
0.86% -  Republicans, comfortably

September 08, 2026

Would America be better off as two countries? (Percentage of 33,800 votes)
87.3% -  No
12.7% -  Yes

September 07, 2026

Should labor unions in the U.S. have more influence than they do today, less influence, or about the same? (Percentage of 28,886 votes)
52.5% -  More
33.71% -  The same
13.79% -  Less

September 06, 2026

Which will be the focus of Democrats’ first use of subpoena power: (Percentage of 29,417 votes)
32.93% -  Trump family business
26.43% -  Epstein files
22.93% -  Iran war
10.86% -  ICE
5.11% -  Something else
1.74% -  White House ballroom

September 05, 2026

One Clancy juror held out: Protection or Problem? (Percentage of 25,168 votes)
60.71% -  Protection
39.29% -  Problem

September 04, 2026

If the Lindsay Clancy case ends in a mistrial, should she be retried? (Percentage of 28,068 votes)
55.74% -  Yes
44.26% -  No

September 03, 2026

Would a third impeachment of Donald Trump strengthen or weaken him politically? (Percentage of 32,249 votes)
50.1% -  Weaken
49.9% -  Strengthen

September 02, 2026

Should the federal government create a master list of all U.S. citizens? (Percentage of 32,907 votes)
76.27% -  No
23.73% -  Yes

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