A last look at the polls as Election Day begins

NPR | By Michel Martin

Published November 3, 2026 at 6:41 AM EST

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Christine Matthews, a center-right pollster and president of Bellwether research and consulting, about the last polling ahead of Election Day.

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