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October 16, 2026

Which is the bigger midterm prize: the House or the Senate?
78.38% -  The Senate
21.62% -  The House
*Percentage of 30,880 votes

October 15, 2026

Who cut Ukraine’s Starlink service this week? (Percentage of 34,181 votes)
67.83% -  Both
19.91% -  Trump
7.57% -  Musk
4.68% -  A glitch

October 14, 2026

Will the midterm election results cause the president to make significant changes to his cabinet and/or policies? (Percentage of 32,481 votes)
75.91% -  Neither
12.96% -  Both
8.6% -  Cabinet
2.53% -  Policies

October 13, 2026

Will Elon Musk’s $276 million in donations keep the Senate in Republican hands? (Percentage of 31,461 votes)
84.33% -  No
15.67% -  Yes

October 12, 2026

Is serving in public office today worth the risk of violence? (Percentage of 29,091 votes)
57.55% -  Yes
42.45% -  No

October 11, 2026

Does President Trump care who wins the midterms? (Percentage of 32,610 votes)
56.25% -  Yes
43.75% -  No

October 10, 2026

Should the U.S. buy Russian diesel if it lowers fuel prices? (Percentage of 62,690 votes)
95.03% -  No
4.97% -  Yes

October 09, 2026

Are you in favor of the death penalty for a person convicted of murder? (Percentage of 31,734 votes)
62.04% -  No
37.96% -  Yes

October 08, 2026

Do you agree with Mark Halperin that as the media has gotten more diverse, the bias of the “Dominant Media” against Trump has worsened? (Percentage of 29,149 votes)
64.69% -  No
35.31% -  Yes

October 07, 2026

Prior to a verdict, who should remain anonymous in a rape accusation case? (Percentage of 28,562 votes)
62.17% -  Both the accuser and those accused
19.78% -  Only the accuser
18.05% -  No one

October 06, 2026

Should NY AG Letitia James be the person to investigate the Cornell rape case? (Percentage of 28,803 votes)
52.16% -  No
47.84% -  Yes

October 05, 2026

Is America over-policed or under-policed? (Percentage of 27,668 votes)
76.42% -  Under-policed
23.58% -  Over-policed

October 04, 2026

Should the state provide life-saving medical care to an inmate who survives an execution attempt? (Percentage of 28,326 votes)
64.94% -  Yes
35.06% -  No

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? (Percentage of 44,730 votes)
58.72% -  Yes
41.28% -  No

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
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