polls

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Early voting is already under way in Texas for what polls had indicated was a close run-off race.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Becerra and Steyer have been the top two Democratic candidates in recent polling for the governor’s race, with Becerra consistently maintaining a slight edge in those polls.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

The Socialists won just 28 seats in the 109-seat regional assembly in Andalusia -- the party's worst-ever showing in its former electoral stronghold -- in Sunday's polls in Spain's most populous region.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

As we wrote last week, former congressman, state attorney general, and Biden Cabinet secretary Xavier Becerra has leapt in the polls since former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s exit from the race.

From Slate • May 16, 2026

It would have been folly to give up with victory so near—so men went to the polls that November and reelected Abraham Lincoln.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt