How confident are Americans in the midterm elections’ fairness and accuracy?
Just over half of Americans are confident the 2026 midterms will be fair.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Read our research on:
Election System & Voting Process
All
Election System & Voting Process
Publications
-
-
Most Americans favor big changes to the political system that likely would require amending the Constitution
Most Americans support term limits, campaign spending caps, and Electoral College reform, but achieving these changes likely would require amending one of the world’s hardest constitutions to change.
-
Republicans, Democrats continue to differ sharply on voting access
About six-in-ten Americans support no-excuse early or absentee voting, but partisan divides remain, with GOP support falling sharply since 2018.
-
Redistricting between censuses has been rare in the modern era
Midcycle redistricting efforts like the ones in Texas and California have, up to now, been extremely uncommon.
-
Majority of Americans Continue to Back Expanded Early Voting, Voting by Mail, Voter ID
President Donald Trump’s recent pledge to end mail-in voting comes as a 58% majority of Americans favor allowing any voter to cast their ballot by mail.
-
Voters Broadly Positive About How Elections Were Conducted, in Sharp Contrast to 2020
Trump voters’ skepticism about election administration and the counting of mail-in ballots declined sharply with their candidate’s win.
-
Harris, Trump Voters Differ Over Election Security, Vote Counts and Hacking Concerns
90% of Harris voters, versus 57% of Trump voters, are confident the 2024 election will be administered well.
-
Key facts about U.S. poll workers
What do poll workers do, and how many typically help in general elections? Read about state requirements for these temporary election staffers and more.
-
Most Voters Say Harris Will Concede – and Trump Won’t – If Defeated in the Election
About seven-in-ten voters say if Harris loses the 2024 election she will accept the results and concede, while roughly a quarter say Trump will do this if he loses. And a majority of voters say the threat of violence against political leaders and their families is a major problem in the country.
-
Majority of Americans continue to favor moving away from Electoral College
63% of U.S. adults say the way the president is elected should be changed so that the winner of the popular vote nationwide wins the presidency.
