Trump’s acknowledgment that the shutdown is weighing down Republicans could lead to a deal being worked out "very soon, if for no other reason than to take the media and public focus off the election results,” said Syracuse University political science professor Grant Reeher.

Polls could be overestimating President Donald Trump’s support following a “huge” miss in the New Jersey gubernatorial race, pollster Nate Silver said.

Vice President JD Vance and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) are strikingly close in a hypothetical 2028 election matchup in New Jersey, despite the state’s decades-long history of consistently voting for Democratic presidential candidates.

The new Politico poll, released Friday, showed that those who voted for then-Vice President Kamala Harris last year remain undecided about who is the leader of the Democratic Party. The poll, conducted by Public First, showed that while Harris had the most support on the list, she was only recognized as the party leader by 16% of her own voters.

A federal court dismissed a lawsuit against pollster J. Ann Selzer over her pre-election poll showing Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump in Iowa during the final days of the 2024 campaign.

Donald Trump’s net approval has slumped to its lowest this term as the United States government shutdown breaks the record for the longest shutdown. Democrats had big wins in state elections on Tuesday.