Associated Press launches new voter poll to explain election results

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 28 Oct, 17:15 · Archive

The Associated Press has launched The AP Voter Poll, a survey combining phone, online and in-person interviews to understand how Americans voted and why.

The Associated Press has launched The AP Voter Poll, a survey of verified voters designed to explain voting patterns and motivations behind election results rather than simply who won and lost.

Launched in 2025, the poll blends methodologies from AP VoteCast, which was conducted in general elections from 2018 to 2024, and traditional exit polls. It involves interviewing voters by phone and online in all 50 states in the days leading up to an election, and collecting additional data from in-person interviews at polling places in 15 states on Election Day.

The survey aims to show how major voter groups voted, which issues motivated them, how they felt about candidates and why they voted as they did. It helps explain the voting coalitions that shaped races for congressional control, U.S. Senate and governor.

SSRS, a nonpartisan research firm, conducts the poll for the Associated Press and ABC News, CBS News, CNN, Fox News Media, NBC News and MS Now. Initial results from the survey are first available at 5 p.m. ET on Tuesday, 3 November, with additional state-level and national findings published throughout the night.

How it is being reported

• What to know about The AP Voter PollThe Associated Press uses The AP Voter Poll by SSRS to provide insights into election outcomes.News4Jax · 28 Oct, 16:45
• What to know about The AP Voter PollThe Associated Press uses The AP Voter Poll by SSRS to provide insights into election outcomes.Clickorlando · 28 Oct, 16:45

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