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On the Sunday before the 2020 New Hampshire primary, Neil Levesque of the New Hampshire Institute of Politics talked about the different types of polling that is taking place during the primary.

Political polls play a crucial role in election campaigns, helping candidates and the public gauge the race's progress and shape decisions. However, polls can often be confusing, contradictory ...

A wide-ranging poll conducted by C-SPAN reveals that a hefty majority of Americans - 78% - favor the idea of requiring all citizens to show government-issued IDs to vote. That has the support of ...

However, even with a small MoE, interpreting polling results requires caution, especially in a tight race. For instance, many current polls show the candidates separated by a point or two.

C-SPAN's 2024 Campaign Trail is in Iowa with Republican presidential hopefuls Nikki Haley (3:25) and Ron DeSantis (10:35) and in New Hampshire with former President Donald Trump (22:50) and ...

But almost two-thirds, 63 percent, said they believed pre-election polling influences the way other people vote. The C-SPAN/Ipsos Poll was conducted Sept. 23-30 among 1,039 American adults.