What you need to know about the Election Day Voter Poll
Summary
ABC News will use the SSRS-conducted Voter Poll to examine who voted for whom and why in the 2026 election. The poll combines pre-election surveys, follow-up contacts with people who had not yet voted, and traditional exit polls, then checks and adjusts the data after polls close.Key Facts
- The Voter Poll will cover 45 states with a Senate or governor's race and include a national poll with a larger sample than in previous years.
- Researchers contact likely voters through online surveys, postcards, text messages, email, and phone calls.
- Starting at 5 p.m. local time the day before Election Day, researchers recontact people who had not yet voted to confirm whether and how they voted and their final choices.
- Traditional exit polls in some states survey voters as they leave randomly selected polling places.
- The questionnaire asks about vote choice, demographics, views of candidates, and issues including the economy, foreign policy, health care, immigration, crime, and education.
- The poll is subject to sampling and other errors; news organizations conduct quality checks before reporting results or making projections.
- After polls close, researchers weight poll results using actual vote totals to improve accuracy.
- The poll may help project winners when the margin is large, but the article's final sentence is cut off before explaining further limits.
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