The Aporia
134 articles about 115 events for “Undecided Voters In Elections”.
“The losses in most places were dramatic: Republicans' share of the vote in those counties dropped 9 percentage points compared to Trump’s share in 2024. 94 Kansas voters elected a Democrat to the Senate for the first time in 94 years.”
“While President Donald Trump told voters to imagine he was on the ballot for this election, many of the Republican candidates he endorsed in key battleground states have been defeated by the Democrats.”
“Democrats notched a string of early victories in U.S. midterm elections Tuesday, flipping a Republican-held Senate seat and making inroads in conservative House districts as President Donald Trump faced the prospect of a bruising election setback.”
“…ichael Whatley, the Republican candidate running for Senate in North Carolina, lost his race spectacularly Former NC Governor Roy Cooper speaks at Sugar Creek Brewing during his 'Make Stuff Cost Less' tour US voters cast their ballots at a polling station in…”
“There are far fewer undecided voters in Texas, where last week’s Fox News Poll showed a tied race at 49%-49%.”
““And then you had the pictures and the posters on the easels and all of that — none of which help a single undecided voter in the last day of the elections move to the Republican Party.””
“Will undecided voters in states such as Alaska and Michigan base their ballot decisions Tuesday on President Donald Trump’s fountain repairs in Washington, DC?”
“Fox also points to the number of undecided voters in Alaska, Iowa and Kansas.”
““There are still some undecided voters, and voters who decided only in the last month favored Republicans by a nine-point margin,” according to the New York Times’s reporting of its last poll conducted alongside Siena University that will be released before…”
“A wave of firsts ran alongside the Democratic gains in the 2026 midterms, carrying members of groups long kept largely at the margins into high office across the United States.”
“…l Republicans also turned their focus to the state, betting that the remaining undecided voters — which made up about 8% of the electorate in September, according to an Emerson College poll — were Trump voters who just needed encouragement to get out and…”
“… spent the last month touring red states and giving rallies in the hope of encouraging turnout but has continued to dismiss the issues voters tell pollsters they care most about, spending Monday at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool discussing its…”
“OAKLAND COUNTY, MICHIGAN — Michigan’s Republican ticket had a clear message for voters preparing to vote in the midterm elections: Their path to victory relies on winning over voters who typically don’t align themselves with the GOP.”
“Today, the average Indian-American voter finds herself in a similar conundrum, except that, unlike the African-American voters of yore, neither liberals nor conservatives – with a few honourable exceptions – even care to pay lip service to earn a few brownie…”
“Hill is among the undecided voters whose choices on Nov 3 could determine whether the Democrats or the Republicans will take leadership of Congress as well as the limits of President Donald Trump’s power.”
“On the eve of the consequential midterm elections in the United States, candidates in Michigan’s bitter, hard-fought US Senate race have made their final appeals to voters in a contest that could help determine control of Congress.”
“As discussed in SBSQ, whether to apply some sort of fancier adjustment for undecided voters, i.e., undecideds are presumed to be blue in Minnesota but red in Kansas.”
“They could swing the midterms In states like Arizona, some undecided voters have grown to dislike both major political parties.”
“Ahead of the US midterm elections, which take place on Tuesday, local time, President Trump has prioritised his in-person appearances in regions he has typically been able to count on for strong support over the past decade.”
“The race will test whether Republicans can retain the governor's office in a state where Democrats have remained competitive in statewide elections, with housing affordability, education and public safety among the issues facing voters.”
“One explanation for why Trump overperformed in previous presidential elections is that his supporters – many of whom were not regular voters – flocked to the polls in higher-than-expected numbers.”
“Then Monday, Blakeman plans to swing through Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Binghamton before ending his final pitch in Manhattan — the day before elections.”
“In the last two elections, Lawler, 40, has defeated Democratic opponents in New York’s 17th congressional district – one of the closest-run battlegrounds in this year’s midterms – with moderate policies.”
“Democrats have a sizable advantage in the battle for control of Congress days ahead of the midterm elections, a new national NBC News poll finds, with voters clamoring for change and voicing all-time high disapproval of President Donald Trump.”
“There are far fewer undecided voters in Texas, where last week’s Fox News Poll showed a tied race at 49%-49%.”
“Millions of Americans will head to the polls on 3 November in elections that will determine control of the Republican-held House of Representatives and Senate, as well as the governorships of 36 states.”
“But in next week’s midterm elections, he won’t be voting for candidates backed by the Republican president.”
“House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Friday made an eleventh-hour appeal to voters, warning that handing Democrats wins in the midterm elections would empower socialists to make sweeping changes to the American way of life.”
“… Senate distancing himself from Trump's tariff policy with Canada Michigan’s Senate race is among the most hotly contested in the U.S. midterm elections, and the turning point may centre on a campaign ad in which the Republican candidate holds a Canadian…”
“Sanchez hopes to convince an estimated 750,000 undecided left-wing voters of his social agenda, she said.”
“…s Tuesday, Nov. 3, and with just four days left, candidates in key Senate and House elections are making their closing arguments to midterm voters. - President Trump will fly to Florida for a rally in Daytona Beach, continuing a weekslong blitz to urge his…”
“Interviews with more than 40 voters, activists and organizers on both sides of the partisan divide revealed three potential cracks in the Republican coalition -- Latinos jolted by President Donald Trump’s immigration raids; conservative women uneasy about…”
“The moves, taken together, represent an extraordinary federal intervention in state elections, which are administered locally under the US constitution.”
“But polling throughout the midterm cycle has consistently shown voters favoring Democrats, and the gap has widened in recent months.”
“Ninty-five percent of likely Democrat voters say they'll punch the ticket for El-Sayed, up from 90% in the September poll.”
“Transgender issues have become a major theme in this year's midterm elections, especially in Missouri, where voters are weighing a proposed constitutional amendment to bar minors from gender-transition surgery, cross-sex hormone therapy and puberty blockers.”
“Talarico leads among independent voters nearly two to one, 60% to 31%, with 5% of that group also undecided.”
“The undecided vote leaves the candidates to face off in an October 25 runoff.”
“Undecided voters While polls right up until Oct 3 showed Lula would likely lead the first round but not avoid a runoff, Flavio told journalists in Rio de Janeiro he was confident he could win the presidency in the first round, citing voters’ frustration with…”
“Undecided voters While polls right up until Saturday (October 3, 2026) showed Mr.”
“Lula, trying to lure undecided voters, has invested in costly incentives since he lost the first round of voting.”
“Lula, trying to lure undecided voters, has invested in costly incentives since he lost the first round of voting.”
“Lula, trying to lure undecided voters, has invested in costly incentives since he lost the first round of voting.”
“Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro have a final chance on Saturday to sway voters at rallies in crucial São Paulo before a tight election marked by scandals and personal attacks.”
“Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Flavio Bolsonaro will make a final pitch to voters Saturday with rallies in the pivotal state of Sao Paulo ahead of a nail-biter election that has been marred by scandals and mudslinging.”
“Lula, Bolsonaro trade scandal fire in final scramble for votes ahead of Brazil election AI generated SAO PAULO – Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his election rival Flavio Bolsonaro are leaving no controversy unturned in their last-ditch…”
“A last-minute battle for every vote Throughout the final hours of the campaign, Netanyahu, Eisenkot, former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and other party leaders mounted an intensive effort to mobilize supporters and win over undecided voters.”
“Polls published on Friday put the governing coalition and the main opposition bloc almost neck-and-neck, with half a million first-time voters due to cast their ballot and some 70,000 Israelis reportedly flying in from abroad specifically to vote.”
“Trump’s Republican Party is fighting to keep control of Congress in the November 3 midterm elections.”
“…N, Oct 26 - President Donald Trump's public approval rating inched higher to 32%, up a percentage point from his record low a week earlier, ahead of the November 3 US midterm elections that will decide which party controls Congress, according to a…”
“Ideas expressed in the piece - The column argues that the backlash to the ad, however intense, should not be mistaken for a turning point in Republican politics: it predicts that many Trump-aligned voters will continue supporting Ramaswamy, prioritizing…”
“Hundreds of Ohioans have already cast early ballots, and it remained unclear whether the controversy would influence undecided voters.”
“In today’s edition, we chat with voters who remain undecided about key elections in their states in the final stretch of the campaign.”
“Morton is among the 5% of voters surveyed last month in a national NBC News poll who said they weren’t sure which party they wanted to see controlling Congress after this year’s elections.”
“The number of undecided voters in advance of the vote was much lower than at previous elections, polling showed.”
“The number of undecided voters in advance of the vote was much lower than at previous elections, polling showed.”
“Meanwhile, Lusaka resident Lydia Zulu also expressed support for the incumbent leader, saying she was "happy that the elections have gone on peacefully and well.”
“Meanwhile, Lusaka resident Lydia Zulu also expressed support for the incumbent leader, saying she was "happy that the elections have gone on peacefully and well.”
“Two of the country’s most watched Senate races, in Ohio and South Carolina, remain neck and neck with under a week to go until the Nov. 3 midterm elections, polling results released on Wednesday show.”
“Congressional campaigns have less than a week to convince voters to keep the House and Senate in Republican hands or turn over control to Democrats.”
“When undecided voters’ leanings were taken into account, Democrats lead with 50 percent compared with Republicans’ 41 percent.”
“…er said that if the Democrats win both the House and Senate in the midterm elections it will be 'the end of the Trump era' While Silver acknowledged that Trump will 'still be President for two more years,' those results would leave him 'a super lame duck'…”
“Catharines or Mississauga’s Ridgeway Plaza — the topics most important to voters are consistent: taxes, transit, housing, homelessness and local infrastructure.”
“It’s all coming at a time of golden opportunity to help secure the Golden State’s elections, with Proposition 39, the voter ID measure, hanging in the balance — a measure that California voters can put over the line.”
“Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will clash with his right-wing challenger Flavio Bolsonaro in a second and final televised debate on Friday (October 23, 2026), as both make a last-ditch effort to sway undecided voters.”
“Michigan voters closely divided between Rogers and El-Sayed Less than two weeks before the midterm elections, some Michigan voters are still deciding between Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in the race for a US Senate seat.”
“One of the system's most distinctive features is its seven Māori electorates: voters of Māori descent can choose to enrol in these electorates, where they elect their own local MPs, or join the general electoral roll.”
“…ard placates Zuckerberg after threat to leave California if voters approve wealth tax measure Polls suggest a tight result on Prop 40, as some tech barons threaten to move out of state if it passes Meta Platforms has struck a deal with Mark Zuckerberg,…”
“House in 2012, yet he has won six of his seven congressional elections.”
“A new poll finds 62% of California registered voters rate his tenure fair or poor, with voters panning his handling of homelessness, housing, taxes, state spending and AI — and nearly two-thirds wanting the next governor to take the state in a new direction.”
“Democratic candidates, meanwhile, have seized on the cost-of-living issues to appeal to independents and undecided voters, promising to rein in the president’s policies that have pushed costs up, such as tariffs.”
“Recent polling from Politico showed that 29 percent of undecided voters would remain unpersuaded to support GOP candidates even if fuel prices dropped by a dollar, while prices in several Western states have climbed to more than $5 and $6 a gallon.”
“…ining 3.6 per cent were split among 46 other candidates, with no one candidate receiving even a single percentage point.) Taking undecided voters into account reveals a similar split, with 42.4 per cent favouring Bradford and 41.1 per cent on the side of…”
“Log in A large majority of Americans do not believe President Donald Trump would accept the results of the upcoming midterm elections if Republicans suffer losses, even as most voters retain confidence in the overall fairness of the vote, according to a…”
“I’m not getting involved in Israeli elections.””
“Republican voters' frustrations with the party have deepened Don Hineman, a western Kansas rancher and former Republican state House majority leader, said he’s seeing growing frustration among GOP voters beyond just farmers, including some who have supported…”
“Liaison Strategies survey finds the incumbent holding a four-point edge among all voters, but undecided votes could still shift the outcome.”
“Abacus found that while 68 per cent of Albertans trust that the votes will be tallied fairly, only 40 per cent, including the remain and separatist voters alike, trust that both sides will respect the outcome.”
“Now, many like Martinez are souring on the president and his party, which could upend the balance of power in Washington in the Nov. 3 elections.”
“This rural patch of the Texas Panhandle has long been described as America’s most pro-Trump county with more than 94 percent of its voters backing Donald Trump in each of the past three presidential elections.”
“But the fact that a Republican candidate in a Republican stronghold is struggling would be notable by itself even if this were not also one of the most high-profile of all the midterm elections.”
“Surrogates for El-Sayed, including local leaders and high-profile Democratic officials, have been holding house party events throughout the state to talk with undecided Jewish voters.”
““[Trump] has got that deep following within the MAGA movement, the Republican base, and among many independent, undecided voters who perhaps voted for him in 2024,” he says.”
“Trump’s advisers say their job is to turn Trump voters into midterm voters.”
“Husted's trouble in Ohio led the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the major fundraising arm for conservatives in the Senate, to write in a private memo, external that Republican politicians needed to entirely reframe how they spoke to voters on data…”
“Harris may think this is a winning message for the Democratic base, but it’s a much tougher sell to the independent and swing voters her party needs.””
“Midterm elections just weeks away With three weeks before the election, both parties are pushing to get their supporters and undecided voters out to the polls.”
“Then there’s a similarity: in all three elections, the Senate has been in play right up until the finish line.”
“As voters find out more about front-runner Democrats James Talarico in Texas and Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, the polls are tightening.”
“Because in an election where so many voters are dissatisfied, disengaged and undecided, your vote may count for a whole lot more than you think.”
“… Lean Democrat reflects a competitive political environment in Oregon, where concerns over homelessness, housing, taxes, schools and the cost of living have created an opening for Republicans to end a more than four-decade losing streak in gubernatorial…”
““Independent voters are going to be deciding this election in every respect,” said Gruber, senior vice president of Open Primaries, an organization that advocates for states to open primary elections to unaffiliated voters.”
“Rather than a "blue wave" of voters enthusiastically endorsing the Democratic message, some are now describing a "red undertow" where Republicans are sucked into the backwash of their leader's unpopularity.”
“Sean Trende, the senior elections analyst for RealClearPolitics and a lecturer at Ohio State University’s department of political science, noted that Democratic leads in traditionally Republican states fail to factor in that currently undecided voters are…”
“Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman leads incumbent Democrat Kathy Hochul by 21 percentage points among independent voters — even as she holds a healthy double-digit lead in the deeply blue Empire State, a new poll found.”
“…ether to resume strikes on Iran before next month's midterm elections The White House has asked the Pentagon to draw up options for fresh strikes on Iran that could be launched before next month's midterms US cruise missiles are launched at Iranian military…”
“Democrats are seemingly on their way to yet another round of victories in California’s elections, and yet polls continue to show that California voters disapprove of the state’s direction.”
“UK PM Burnham's Labour Party faces challenge from Greens in Starmer's old seat LONDON, Oct 7 - Andy Burnham needs to win over voters like tech worker Dani Arbid in a by-election on Thursday if he is to fend off a national threat to his Labour Party from the…”
“And amid efforts by Trump and others to cast doubt on elections in which the outcome of races remain undecided for days, Aguilar is pressing counties to report results as quickly as possible.”
“Recent polls show Jackson maintaining a slim lead over Bottoms, making swaying undecided voters crucial for winning in November.”
“‘I’m getting fed up’: Early US midterm voters line up before dawn in Ohio AI generated MEDINA, Ohio – Voters started lining up while it was still dark on the morning of Oct 6 at the Medina County Board of Elections as early voting began in Ohio, a state that…”
“Speaking to reporters at the White House before departing for a rally in Nebraska on Monday afternoon, Trump said his supporters could vote by mail in the coming congressional midterm elections on November 3, even as he said he preferred in-person voting.”
“To win, she’ll have to appeal to the unusually large share of undecided voters as well as those who supported Pratt, many of whom feel deeply disappointed in their options.”
“Healthcare was the most important issue for more voters than any other issue in polling leading into the 2018 midterms.”
“Second: How to get the message through to undecided and low propensity voters who don’t follow the news closely, as Trump did so effectively in 2024.”
“While party officials insist that’s not a bad thing because much-needed reforms have been implemented, some insiders say it’s in part because this is their third such race since 2020 — and a sedate one that has overlapped with a series of high-stakes federal…”
“In a statement, Whatley campaign spokesman DJ Griffin said: "Cooper recently said about federal elections in North Carolina, 'Democrats are often ahead until they are not.' Undecided Voters who break late decide the election in North Carolina and the majority…”
“The church is the location where more than a million people, including Lula, famously gathered in 1984 to demand direct presidential elections.”
“The federal repayment is a good look for Abbott just weeks out from the midterm elections in which the governor is looking to hold onto his leading role.”
“'Turned into a circus' The scramble for undecided voters has had both sides on alert for anything they can twist to their advantage.”
“How 16 undecided voters are weighing their 2026 election options In a national NBC News poll, 5% of voters said they weren’t sure which party they wanted to see controlling Congress after this year’s elections.”
“In the new mid-September Economist/YouGov poll, 73% of registered voters said their mind was made up about their House vote, 11% said they would consider voting for a different candidate, and 12% said they were still undecided.”
“The poll from Texas Public Opinion Research, surveying 1,007 likely Texas voters from Sept. 19 to 22, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.6%, had Talarico at 49%, Paxton at 44%, Libertarian Ted Brown at 3%, and 3% undecided.”
“For all the importance of base turnout and polarization, independent voters make or break elections and presidencies.”
“National polling shows a substantial bloc of Hispanic voters who remain undecided, independent, or otherwise politically movable.”
“While the GOP full court press continues, in hopes of swaying undecided voters, Democrats are divided on its effectiveness.”
““It’s extraordinarily unusual to see this many undecided voters at this point in the race,””
“Voters in Quebec are facing an almost unprecedented array of choices in this fall’s election, but amid the noise and bluster of a crowded field, they have yet to fall in love with any of their options.”
“Saggau said Los Angeles voters should not be fooled by DSA activists, who he claims disguise their true intentions and implement additional policies once in power.”
“Five key races are unexpectedly close, with some polls giving Democrats a better edge than expected, but the outcomes are still in doubt, as swaths of voters remain undecided.”
“In Saxony-Anhalt, the AfD won over 170,000 voters who were undecided before the election, after their campaign managed to “appeal to a younger fringe of the electorate by reaching out to them through means of social media”, says Mr Roos.”
“Roger Marshall (R-KS), in a new poll, an unusual jump in a state that heavily favored President Donald Trump in the past three presidential elections.”
“Ahead of the general election, voters in Michigan appear to remain undecided about whether to hand the Senate seat to Sayed or Rogers, as polling consistently indicates the race is within the margin of error.”
“There are still a lot of undecided voters in the Minnesota Senate race.”
“Jon Ossoff (D-GA) poured $3.6 million from his campaign war chest into the Democratic Party of Georgia as he seeks to build a broader political operation ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.”
“Democrats hope the national economic angst will translate into big turnout in the midterm elections, but some in this region worry that years of financial struggle may depress voters’ desire to participate rather than motivate them.”
“Others said the president's rambling, nearly two-hour convention speech on Wednesday wouldn't sway voters weighing whether to keep Republicans in power in Congress.”
“In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Sarah Longwell discuss why Donald Trump has dominated American politics for a decade, where Kamala Harris went wrong, and how the Democratic Party can win back working-class voters.”
“District Judge Indira Talwani, an Obama appointee, ruled the Constitution gives the president no authority to dictate how states run elections, and blocked the order for the plaintiff states.”
“We like this name because it’s sort of a triple entendre: The principal goal of these elections is flipping individual seats, and ultimately the House and Senate.”
“Becerra led Hilton 49.2% to 41% among 912 registered voters, with 9.8% undecided, according to the Aug. 14-16 survey commissioned by Hilton’s campaign and conducted by David Wolfson, a pollster and faculty member in Columbia University’s Political Analytics…”
“They stress that undecided voters are mostly people who have voted for Trump in past elections and that while Whatley may seem milquetoast, those types of Republicans tend to do well here (see: Ted Budd, Richard Burr, Thom Tillis).”