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Poll Results: Gallup Social Series Poll, March 2-18 2026, random sample, n=1,000.

Poll Results: Bisconti Research 2026 Nuclear Energy Public Opinion Survey, May 4–10 2026, online opt-in panel (Quest Mindshare), n=1,016

The image is a visualization of responses from January 2026 results of polling conducted by NORC in conjunction with the University of Chicago Project on Security and Threats.

The poll, fielded Jan 22-26, 2026, surveys an adults 18+ sample of 976 Democrats, 384 Independents, and 796 Republicans, all drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel. The margin of sampling error for adults overall is plus or minus 2.83 percentage points.

The visualisation is sourced from a May 4 Politifact article that compares these results to those found by other pollsters who have recently polled this topic.

Methodology:

The survey findings are a result of a three-step process.

1. We first surveyed 6,226 Americans from a nationally representative online sample from Dec. 15 to 22, to understand the public's top-of-mind awareness of companies that either excel or falter in society. Respondents are asked which two companies — in their opinion — stand out as having the best reputation today and which two have the worst. All nominations are compiled into an aggregate list to determine the "most visible" companies. (Subsidiaries and brands are tallied within the parent company to create a total number of nominations for each company.)
2. Once we have a list of the 100 most-visible brands in America, we then deployed a second online survey to analyze those companies further. The second survey of 18,523 Americans from a nationally representative sample ran from Feb. 13 and March 3. Respondents are first asked which of the 100 most visible brands from the first survey they are familiar with. From there, respondents are asked to rate three of the 100 most visible companies that they say they are "very familiar or somewhat with" on seven dimensions of reputation to calculate a Reputational Quotient, or RQ®, score for each. A formula is then used to calculate the RQ® score to aggregate all respondents rating that company, comprised of a statistically significant sample size of 325 respondents weighted to be representative of the U.S. adult public. The RQ® score determines the ranking of each brand in The Axios Harris Poll 100.
3. Lastly, we asked a third and final set of different respondents in a separate set of online surveys about contextual questions on topics related to brands and politics. The contextual findings were conducted online over two waves from April 9 to 11 and May 7 to 9 among two nationally representative samples of 2,028 and 2,148 U.S. adults, respectively.

Source Article: https://www.axios.com/2026/05/19/axios-harris-poll-100-ai-politics

Over a quarter of all congressional seats have been redrawn mid-decade. Six states have voluntarily redrawn congressional maps mid-decade since 2025. Cook Political projects a net Republican advantage of 5-7 seats from the full redistricting cycle.

Republicans have never supported reform. Every House Republican voted against mandatory independent commissions in 2021. And the Redistricting Reform Act currently has no Republican co-sponsor.

California suspended its own independent commission. A Democratic PAC-backed group filed four ballot measure versions in February 2026 to suspend Colorado’s independent commission. New York Governor Hochul proposed disbanding New York's independent commission. Virginia Democrats spent $80 million on a redistricting referendum that passed voters 52-48, but was later struck down by Virginia’s Supreme Court .

Meanwhile, the U.S. Supreme Court in April ruled in the case Louisiana v. Callais that, within the framework of the Voting Rights Act, plaintiffs must prove that gerrymandering can’t also be explained by partisan affiliation. Within days, Florida passed a new gerrymander, and movements to do the same sprang in Tennessee, Alabama, and South Carolina.

Nine states built independent commissions.

But several are now trying to dismantle them. And the people doing the dismantling are the same reformers who built them.

Is there a plausible path back, or is this permanent?

Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court, in ruling on the case Louisiana v. Callais, weakened a central provision of the Voting Rights Acts that empowered advocacy groups to effectuate the forming of new majority-minority districts. 

A frequently expressed opinion is that Congress needs to step in. But the mid-decade redistricting that began in 2025 complicates the story. Republican-controlled legislatures in Texas Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, and Florida are moving to or have already created partisan maps. California voters approved Proposition 50 ("Election Rigging Response Act") in November 2025 in order to suspecd the state's independent commission for one cycle. And Virginia voters approved a counter-redistricting amendment earlier this month.The National Council of State Legislators has been tracking changes, and where things stand state-to-state across the U.S.

However, two instances seem to signal that this partisan battle is multidimensional. State legislators control their own state's congressional map-drawing. A federal anti-gerrymandering statute would overide that power even under unified Democratic control, the same way Indiana Republicans and Maryland Democrats just overrode their own leadership. During December 2025. the Republican-controlled Indiana Senate killed a Trump-backed redistricting bill 19-31, with 21 Republicans joining all 10 Democrats against their own President. And in the prior month, Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson refused to convene a special session for a Democratic counter-gerrymander, over the objections of Maryland Governor Wes Moore. As of March 2026 Ferguson has held that line. Meanwhile, nine legislatures have moved forward with passing their own State Voting Rights Act, rather than waiting on Congress.

Would state legislators of either party guard their redistricting powers by working against efforts by Congress to ban gerrymandering?