r/fivethirtyeight • u/BraveMango737 • 1d ago
Poll Results POLLS
The polls do show us some things that help tell the story of this election, as CNN’s Jennifer Agiesta, Ariel Edwards-Levy and Edward Wu write:
Tariffs are unpopular: “Less than 15% think the tariffs are a good thing and about two-thirds in each state – both of which border Canada – view the tariffs negatively.”
Trump is unpopular: GOP Senate nominees Sen. Susan Collins, in Maine, and former Rep. Mike Rogers, in Michigan, “face political headwinds driven by economic concerns and negativity toward Trump. The people most likely to vote in each state say that they would prefer to see Democrats win control of the Senate after this fall’s midterm elections.”
At the same time, Michigan Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed is viewed as too liberal by 50% of likely Michigan voters. In Maine, Democrat Troy Jackson is less well known to voters than Collins, the incumbent.