# Polling Desk

> Live 2026 midterm election results plus the latest U.S. political polls: approval, the generic ballot and Senate, House and governor races, with polling averages, betting odds, charts and free CSV downloads.

Poll data comes from the VoteHub Polling API (https://votehub.com/polls/api/) and The New York Times poll list
(via PollResults.org), both CC BY 4.0. A poll published by both appears once. Recent polls are refreshed
automatically; the full archive is re-checked on a schedule. Race pages add prediction-market odds from Kalshi and
Polymarket (implied probabilities, not forecasts) and election results from civicAPI (https://civicapi.org).
Averages are simple 21-day trailing means of all polls ending in the window, with no pollster weighting or house-effect adjustment.
The site is available in English (/) and Spanish (/es/).

## 2026 midterm elections
Election day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026: 35 Senate seats (33 regular plus special elections in Florida and Ohio),
all 435 House seats and 36 governorships. Going in, Republicans hold the Senate 53–47 and the House 218–214 (one
independent, two vacancies); Democrats need a net gain of four seats in each chamber. The home page carries a live
results map (Senate, House, governors) that refreshes every minute on election night; results come from civicAPI.
Poll closing times, battleground races and an FAQ are on https://polling-desk.com/races.

## Key pages
- [Home](https://polling-desk.com/): live 2026 midterm results map, latest averages and trend charts
- [All polls](https://polling-desk.com/polls): searchable list with filters
- [Races](https://polling-desk.com/races): Senate, House and governor races with market odds, poll averages and results
- [Topics](https://polling-desk.com/subjects): every subject and poll type, e.g. https://polling-desk.com/polls/donald-trump/approval
- [How to read a poll](https://polling-desk.com/guide): margin of error, likely vs registered voters, averages, polls vs prediction markets, reading election-night results
- [Methodology](https://polling-desk.com/methodology): data source, update schedule, how averages are computed
- [Poll closing times](https://polling-desk.com/poll-closing-times): when polls close in every state on November 3, 2026 (Eastern time), with each state's Senate and governor races
- [How to vote](https://polling-desk.com/vote): checking registration, finding a polling place, ID, early voting and mail ballot rules, with official links for every state
- [Races by state](https://polling-desk.com/states): every 2026 Senate, House and governor race in each state
- [Election results: what changed](https://polling-desk.com/results): seats that flipped and race calls (CSV at https://polling-desk.com/results.csv)
- [Live updates](https://polling-desk.com/live): election-night notes and race calls as they happen

## Explainers (sourced, presenting each side)
- [Political myths and facts](https://polling-desk.com/myths): common misconceptions about Republicans, Democrats, progressives and the DSA, checked against surveys
- [Big policy debates](https://polling-desk.com/issues): Medicare for All, abolishing prisons and ICE, defunding the police, and the Israel–Gaza genocide question
- [Money in politics](https://polling-desk.com/money-in-politics): why billionaires can pay little income tax, campaign donors, lobbying and interest groups such as AIPAC
- [2026 ballot measures](https://polling-desk.com/ballot-measures): notable statewide questions on the November 3, 2026 ballot and what Yes or No does
- [Political glossary](https://polling-desk.com/glossary): neutral definitions of election, polling and government terms (e.g. https://polling-desk.com/glossary#filibuster)
- [Getting reliable news](https://polling-desk.com/media): trust in media, why one outlet isn't enough, fact-checkers and a balanced news diet

## Data
- CSV download of any filtered view: https://polling-desk.com/polls/export.csv (accepts the same query string as /polls)
- Sitemap: https://polling-desk.com/sitemap.xml