2026 Election Outlook: The Midterm Countdown

Wed, Oct 21, 2026 | 2:00 pm ET

On Wednesday, October 21 at 2:00 p.m. ET, The Capitol Forum will host the latest conference call in our 2026 Election Outlook series with our polling partner, G. Elliott Morris, founder and CEO of Wave Polling and Research and author of the Substack newsletter Strength In Numbers. Morris regularly analyzes public opinion, polling trends, and election data through both Wave and Strength In Numbers. 

The discussion will examine how the political environment has shifted since our last conversation, what voters are prioritizing as the midterm elections approach, and what the latest polling is showing across the House and Senate races. 

The call will be co-hosted by Paul McLeod, Senior Correspondent, and Arjun Singh, Senior Podcast Producer at The Capitol Forum. 

The discussion topics will include:

  • What early voting numbers and Trump’s campaign choices tell us about the race 
  • The impact the trade war and tariffs are having 
  • Are any Democratic incumbents getting hurt by the anti-incumbency wave 
  • How voters feel about big Supreme Court decisions 

Speakers:

G. Elliott Morris

G. Elliott Morris is The Capitol Forum’s polling partner and founder and CEO of Wave Polling and Research. He is also the author of the Substack newsletter Strength In Numbers, where he provides data-driven analysis of politics, public opinion, and elections.

Morris previously served as Editorial Director of Data Analytics at ABC News, where he oversaw FiveThirtyEight’s political data journalism and election forecasting. Earlier, he was a Senior Data Journalist and U.S. Correspondent at The Economist, covering American politics, polling and elections.

Arjun Singh

Senior Podcast Producer at The Capitol Forum

Paul McLeod

Senior Correspondent at The Capitol Forum

Your Host Teddy Downey

Executive Editor at The Capitol Forum

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