Past Poll Results

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September 19, 2026

Which scares you more: AI escaping control, or humans weaponizing AI?
70.9% -  Humans weaponizing AI
29.1% -  AI escaping control
*Percentage of 43,821 votes

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 25,164 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

September 01, 2026

Should a USS Abraham Lincoln sailor who pays for sex on shore leave in Thailand be barred from the FBI? (Percentage of 28,428 votes)
71.99% -  No
28.01% -  Yes

August 31, 2026

Will "Gulf of America" and "Lake America" outlast the Trump presidency? (Percentage of 38,898 votes)
94.65% -  No
5.35% -  Yes

August 30, 2026

Do we owe Canada an apology? (Percentage of 36,731 votes)
92.83% -  Yes
7.17% -  No

August 29, 2026

Would you find Lindsay Clancy guilty of murder? (Percentage of 45,190 votes)
52.31% -  Yes
47.69% -  No

August 28, 2026

Would you let a child of yours play tackle football? (Percentage of 29,630 votes)
70.01% -  No
29.99% -  Yes

August 27, 2026

Are the U.S. and Canada still allies? (Percentage of 32,079 votes)
68.14% -  Yes
31.86% -  No

August 26, 2026

Which is worse, building data centers or losing to China the AI race they power? (Percentage of 27,769 votes)
65.83% -  Losing to China
34.17% -  Building data centers

August 25, 2026

In a state where one party can't win a Senate seat, should that party step aside for a strong independent? (Percentage of 30,008 votes)
84.19% -  Yes
15.81% -  No

August 24, 2026

Should cameras be allowed in every government proceeding the public has a legal right to attend? (Percentage of 33,482 votes)
91.93% -  Yes
8.07% -  No

August 23, 2026

Was Lindsay Clancy too sick to be guilty of murder? (Percentage of 23,094 votes)
54.09% -  Yes
45.91% -  No

August 22, 2026

Which is more to blame for the $40 trillion national debt: taxing too little, or spending too much? (Percentage of 55,352 votes)
66.41% -  Spending too much
33.59% -  Taxing too little

August 21, 2026

Would you accept both higher taxes on yourself and reduced Social Security and Medicare benefits in order to reduce the $40 trillion national debt? (Percentage of 35,394 votes)
78.39% -  No
21.61% -  Yes

August 20, 2026

Is the Natalie Harp story much ado about nothing? (Percentage of 29,942 votes)
51.54% -  No
48.46% -  Yes

August 19, 2026

Should the U.S. grow or shrink its footprint in the Middle East? (Percentage of 29,411 votes)
59.79% -  Shrink
31.88% -  Keep the same
8.33% -  Grow

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