Polls

Independent  - Republican voters are torn between supporting Vice President JD Vance or Secretary of State Marco Rubio as the 2028 GOP presidential nominee, a new poll from Emerson College indicates. In a late-May survey of roughly 1,000 people, 36 percent of likely Republican primary voters said they would support Vance, while 35 percent said they would support Rubio.

Newsweek - President Donald Trump’s approval ratings have fallen to new lows across a cluster of major national surveys released in mid-to-late May 2026, with multiple pollsters recording their weakest figures of his presidency within days of each other.

Among the most striking findings, a new Economist/YouGov poll put Trump’s approval at 34 percent—the lowest in that series—while separate surveys from American Research Group, Quinnipiac, Emerson College, and The New York Times/Siena College each showed similarly depressed numbers.

The Hill -   Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is leading in new polling on a hypothetical Democratic presidential primary as the party seeks a new path after 2024 losses. An Emerson College Polling survey released Thursday found Buttigieg at the top of the pack with 18 percent support, followed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) at 16 percent. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) notched 11 percent support, while Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) and former Vice President Kamala Harris — the party’s 2024 nominee — earned 10 percent each....The new numbers mark a slight uptick in recent months for Buttigieg, Ocasio-Cortez and Beshear — while support for Newsom and Harris has ticked down slightly.