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Elections & Leaders

Races, records and the people asking for your vote.

chart: constituent response rate vs polling margin, 5 races
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Midterms 2026: Five Senate Races Where the Civic Data Tells a Different Story

Polling averages say one thing. Town-hall attendance, constituent-response rates and FOIA backlogs say another. We ran the numbers on five toss-ups.

MB Marcus Bell · 2 Jun 2026 · 9 min read