A Week of Open Questions

The Weekly Pulse · week ending 2026-08-30

Groundbeat added 115 new polls this week, and the ones drawing the most attention arrived without results to report yet. So this recap is mostly a list of things still up in the air.

The payroll tax cap, back on the table

Whether Congress should remove the payroll tax cap is one of the week's newer questions. No verdict yet — voting is still open. See the live results →

Ranked-choice voting, federally

The jury's still out on whether the U.S. should adopt ranked-choice voting for federal elections. Worth a look if electoral mechanics are your thing. See the live results →

Better off than your parents?

A question that tends to split by mood as much as by math: do you expect to end up financially better off than your parents' generation? Still gathering responses. See the live results →

Productive or distracted

Whether technology has made you more productive or more distracted is open for debate — and, fittingly, easy to get distracted from answering. See the live results →

Winning versus repeating

A lighter one: in sports, is it harder to win a first championship or to repeat as champion? No results in yet, but plenty of opinions to be had. See the live results →

🗣 The Minority Report

As consumers of the news, it's important we know which we're consuming at any time, and take each for what it is. "Fair" may not be what you're after, which is fine as long as you're aware that's what you're consuming.

dagman, arguing the losing side. A trailing position argued with more nuance than the yes/no framing usually invites. Join that thread →

If any of these are your kind of question, the polls are open — weigh in.

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