State of Democracy Lecture - The 2026 Midterms: A Nation at the Crossroads

What’s the national mood before the midterms? What issues are on the minds of voters? How are polls conducted around the elections and can they be trusted? What are the best projections for which political party will control the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate in the new year?

Join us for a lively conversation about the issues, the political mood and what the polls are telling us as we head toward Election Day.

Moderators Chris Faricy, director of the Campbell Institute of Public Affairs; and Margaret Talev, Kramer Director of the Syracuse University Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship; will lead a discussion among Maxwell School professors and leading political journalists on these topics and more.