How Americans View Politics and Elections

September 26–October 1, 2026
1,463 U.S. adults
Updated October 8, 2026

53%Say they’re very or somewhat confident the 2026 elections will be fair and accurate

63%Say they’re very or somewhat confident citizens who want to vote will be able to

65%Say they’re very or somewhat confident their vote will be counted as intended

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Bars show weighted percentages. The vertical line marks the overall result for this question. “n” is the unweighted number answering this question. Values for groups with n < 100 are suppressed.

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Methodology

This survey was conducted by Centerline Research & Strategy from September 26 to October 1, 2026. The original sample included 1,570 U.S. adults age 18 and over: 1,145 from a nonprobability online panel provided by RepData and 425 probability-based text-to-web respondents sampled from the voter file. The updated analysis includes 1,463 respondents after 107 cases flagged for response-quality concerns were excluded. TrueDot.ai managed sampling and fielding. Responses were screened for attention, completion time, and suspected bot or AI behavior.

Responses were weighted to Current Population Survey estimates for age, race, education, gender, income, and voter registration, and the 2024 presidential election results. Percentages exclude missing answers and include “Not sure.” Combined responses are calculated before rounding. Percentages may not total 100% because of rounding.