Kabir Khanna

Zohran Mamdani's mayoral campaign turned out lots of voters who didn't back Kamala Harris last year — they are ethnically diverse, younger and less affluent.

Most Americans under 30 approved at the start of President Trump's second term but are dissatisfied with the economy's direction.

AI seen as better than humans at online search and data analysis, but not at driving a car or customer service

AI seen as better than humans at online search and data analysis, but not at driving a car or customer service

The CBS News Battleground Tracker analysis includes our most updated estimates

Pennsylvania voters are likelier to describe Casey's views as "reasonable" than "extreme."

Trump has 2-point edge over Harris amid widespread concern over state of democracy; partisans divide over election board actions.

Democrats are leading in Senate races in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, but there are still enough undecided voters for all three races to tighten.

There aren't many voters who can still be moved, but they could nonetheless be decisive in the 2024 presidential election.

The CBS News Battleground Tracker is back, explaining what’s on voters’ minds and regularly providing detailed snapshots of the U.S. presidential election in each state throughout the 2024 campaign. In addition to the specific polls we conduct in key states in a given week, the Battleground Tracker map includes our best estimates and presidential race ratings in every state. This includes states we’ve polled extensively and states where we’ve surveyed fewer voters but have lots of other data. Sc…

Views about former President Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial after the verdict look much like they did before it took place. Just over half the country thought Trump was guilty before the verdict, and now just over half think the jury reached the right verdict and that the trial was fair. Republicans remain overwhelmingly of the belief that Trump was treated unfairly. Echoing the former president’s sentiments, those who say the verdict was wrong call the jury biased, say the evidence was…

As Democrats play defense in U.S. Senate races this year, two battleground-state incumbents start out ahead in their reelection campaigns. Bob Casey in Pennsylvania and Tammy Baldwin in Wisconsin are currently leading their lesser-known Republican challengers by seven points.Both Casey and Baldwin enjoyed large margins of victory in 2018, but their reelection bids look more competitive at the moment in what is a more challenging environment. We find plenty of undecided voters and good reasons fo…

As Donald Trump dominates the GOP nomination race and some of his inflammatory comments find favor with the party faithful, CBS News measured how the public feels about his “poisoning the blood” language. A striking number of voters agree with this description of immigrants who enter the U.S. illegally, and among Republicans, associating the remarks with Trump himself makes them even likelier to agree.We asked registered voters whether they agreed or disagreed with this statement in two ways. Ha…

As a federal court is set to hear whether Donald Trump should have legal immunity for his conduct in the period after the 2020 election through Jan. 6, most Americans don’t think he should be immune from prosecution for actions he took as president. And a narrow majority say the indictments and investigations of the former president are upholding the rule of law.CBS News’ latest poll asked Americans whether they think that “Donald Trump should have immunity from criminal prosecution for actions…

Most Americans continue to rate the economy negatively, but sentiment has been slightly improving of late, and Americans now think the longer-term outlook appears more stable. Related to this, more are now noticing lower gas prices.The share describing the economy as at least fairly good has ticked up to match its highest level in nearly two years — since early 2022.And Americans are less pessimistic as they plan for the next year. For much of 2023, six in 10 were expecting the economy to be slo…

The largest drop in pessimism about the economy since summer 2022 has come from Republicans.

DeSantis isn’t far behind on electability and does better with those who want to appeal to middle.

The CBS News Battleground Tracker is back — explaining what’s on voters’ minds and regularly providing detailed snapshots of the 2022 midterm elections in every state and district throughout the 2022 campaign. A key feature is our model estimating how many seats each party is currently poised to win in the U.S. House of Representatives.Where exactly do our Battleground Tracker numbers come from? Here are five things to know.1. Analyzing races district by districtWe take a district-by-district ap…

The CBS News Battleground Tracker regularly estimates the race for Congress — how many seats each party is currently poised to win in the House.

Large majorities of Black people say they don’t have enough representation, while White people divide along party lines on this question.