With one week until Election Day, a pollster shares how the election is shaping up

NPR | By Steve Inskeep

Published October 27, 2026 at 5:46 AM CDT

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with data journalist and pollster G. Elliott Morris about what he's seeing one week out from Election Day.

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