2026 forecast · Updated Oct 21, 2026
Polls
1,897 public polls of 2026 races, the generic ballot and Trump approval from 272 pollsters, newest first. Each links to its race, its pollster and its original release. All pollsters and their ratings →
Most active, last 30 days: University of New Hampshire 18 · YouGov 17 · New York Times/Siena College 16 · InsiderAdvantage 15 · Marist College 15 · ActiVote 14 · co/efficient 14 · Trafalgar Group 12 · All 272 pollsters →
| Race | Pollster | Dates | Sample | Result | Margin | Forecast | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, Oct 20 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Echelon Insights★★½ | Oct 16–20 | 1,010 LV | D 48 · R 46 | D+2 | — | echelonin.wpenginepowered.com ↗ |
| Sun, Oct 19 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Morning Consult★½ | Oct 17–19 | 2,200 RV | D 46 · R 43 | D+3 | — | links.morningconsult.com ↗ |
| Thu, Oct 16 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | The Argument/Verasight | Oct 10–16 | 1,530 RV | D 51 · R 49 | D+2 | — | theargumentmag.com ↗ |
| Tue, Oct 14 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Emerson College★★½ | Oct 13–14 | 1,000 RV | D 44 · R 43 | D+1 | — | emersoncollegepolling.com ↗ |
| Mon, Oct 13 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | The Economist/YouGov★★ | Oct 10–13 | 1,466 RV | D 43 · R 40 | D+3 | — | d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net ↗ |
| Sun, Oct 12 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Hart Research Associates/Public Opinion Strategies★★ for CNBC | Oct 8–12 | 1,000 A | D 48 · R 47 | D+1 | — | cnbc.com ↗ |
| Fri, Oct 10 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | YouGov BlueD sponsor | Oct 7–10 | 517 RV | D 48 · R 45 | D+3 | — | the-downballot.com ↗ |
| Wed, Oct 8 · 2 polls | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Cygnal★★★R sponsor | Oct 7–8 | 1,500 LV | D 48 · R 45 | D+3 | — | cygn.al ↗ |
| Generic ballot | Quantus InsightsR sponsor | Oct 6–8 | 1,000 RV | D 42 · R 43 | R+1 | — | quantusinsights.org ↗ |
| Mon, Oct 6 · 2 polls | |||||||
| Generic ballot | The Economist/YouGov★★ | Oct 4–6 | 1,486 RV | D 44 · R 39 | D+5 | — | d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net ↗ |
| Generic ballot | Noble Predictive Insights/The Center Square★★½ | Oct 2–6 | 2,565 RV | D 45 · R 43 | D+2 | — | thecentersquare.com ↗ |
| Sun, Oct 5 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Morning Consult★½ | Oct 3–5 | 2,200 RV | D 46 · R 43 | D+3 | — | pro.morningconsult.com ↗ |
| Mon, Sep 29 · 2 polls | |||||||
| Generic ballot | The Economist/YouGov★★ | Sep 26–29 | 1,517 RV | D 44 · R 41 | D+3 | — | d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net ↗ |
| Generic ballot | Yahoo News/YouGov★★ | Sep 25–29 | 1,126 RV | D 44 · R 40 | D+4 | — | scribd.com ↗ |
| Sat, Sep 27 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | New York Times/Siena College★★ | Sep 22–27 | 1,313 RV | D 47 · R 45 | D+2 | — | nytimes.com ↗ |
| Wed, Sep 24 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | RMG Research★★ for Napolitan News Service | Sep 22–24 | 2,000 RV | D 41 · R 43+1 version | R+2 | — | napolitannews.org ↗ |
| Mon, Sep 22 · 3 polls | |||||||
| Generic ballot | The Economist/YouGov★★ | Sep 19–22 | 1,392 RV | D 45 · R 42 | D+3 | — | d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net ↗ |
| Generic ballot | Echelon Insights★★½ | Sep 18–22 | 1,071 LV | D 47 · R 46 | D+1 | — | echelonin.wpenginepowered.com ↗ |
| Generic ballot | McLaughlin & Associates★½R sponsor | Sep 17–22 | 1,000 RV | D 41 · R 47 | R+6 | — | data.ddhq.io ↗ |
| Fri, Sep 19 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Strength In Numbers/Verasight | Sep 15–19 | 1,268 LV | D 50 · R 45+1 version | D+5 | — | gelliottmorris.com ↗ |
| Tue, Sep 16 · 2 polls | |||||||
| Generic ballot | AtlasIntel★★½ | Sep 12–16 | 1,066 A | D 52 · R 44 | D+8 | — | cdn.atlasintel.org ↗ |
| Generic ballot | Normington Petts/Third Way★★D sponsor | Sep 11–16 | 800 V | D 51 · R 49 | D+2 | — | thirdway.org ↗ |
| Mon, Sep 15 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | The Economist/YouGov★★ | Sep 12–15 | 1,418 RV | D 43 · R 41 | D+2 | — | d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net ↗ |
| Sat, Sep 13 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | National Association of Independent Pollsters | Sep 6–13 | 2,071 LV | D 47 · R 46 | D+1 | — | realclearpolitics.com ↗ |
| Fri, Sep 12 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | i360 for Americans for Prosperity, a libertarian conservative political advocacy group | Sep 10–12 | 577 RV | D 35 · R 32 | D+3 | — | americansforprosperity.org ↗ |
| Thu, Sep 11 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Clarity Campaign Labs★★D sponsor | Sep 4–11 | 1,001 RV | D 50 · R 44 | D+6 | — | clarity-public-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com ↗ |
| Mon, Sep 8 · 2 polls | |||||||
| Generic ballot | The Economist/YouGov★★ | Sep 5–8 | 1,482 RV | D 44 · R 40 | D+4 | — | d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net ↗ |
| Generic ballot | Public Religion Research Institute★★ | Aug 15–Sep 8 | 5,543 A | D 33 · R 30 | D+3 | — | prri.org ↗ |
| Wed, Sep 3 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Cygnal★★★R sponsor | Sep 2–3 | 1,500 LV | D 48 · R 45 | D+3 | — | cygn.al ↗ |
| Tue, Sep 2 · 2 polls | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Yahoo News/YouGov★★ | Aug 29–Sep 2 | 1,136 RV | D 44 · R 40 | D+4 | — | d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net ↗ |
| Generic ballot | The Economist/YouGov★★ | Aug 29–Sep 2 | 1,548 RV | D 43 · R 39 | D+4 | — | d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net ↗ |
| Mon, Sep 1 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Survey 160 | Aug 26–Sep 1 | RV | D 46 · R 39 | D+7 | — | survey160.com ↗ |
| Sun, Aug 31 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Morning Consult★½ | Aug 29–31 | 2,202 RV | D 45 · R 41 | D+4 | — | pro.morningconsult.com ↗ |
| Tue, Aug 26 · 2 polls | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Emerson College★★½ | Aug 25–26 | 1,000 RV | D 43 · R 43 | Even | — | emersoncollegepolling.com ↗ |
| Generic ballot | McLaughlin & Associates★½R sponsor | Aug 21–26 | 1,000 RV | D 45 · R 47 | R+2 | — | data.ddhq.io ↗ |
| Mon, Aug 25 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | The Economist/YouGov★★ | Aug 22–25 | 1,374 RV | D 43 · R 41 | D+2 | — | d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net ↗ |
| Sun, Aug 24 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Reuters/Ipsos★★ | Aug 22–24 | 1,022 A | D 38 · R 34 | D+4 | — | ipsos.com ↗ |
| Thu, Aug 21 · 3 polls | |||||||
| Generic ballot | The Argument/Verasight | Aug 18–21 | 1,562 RV | D 45 · R 42+1 version | D+3 | — | theargumentmag.com ↗ |
| Generic ballot | Strength In Numbers/Verasight | Aug 18–21 | 1,500 A | D 49 · R 41 | D+8 | — | gelliottmorris.com ↗ |
| Generic ballot | RMG Research★★ for Napolitan News Service | Aug 18–21 | 2,000 RV | D 44 · R 44 | Even | — | napolitannews.org ↗ |
| Tue, Aug 19 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | SoCal Strategies★★ for Red Eagle Politics & On Point Politics, both of which support RepublicansR sponsor | Aug 19 | 700 A | D 42 · R 37 | D+5 | — | substack.com ↗ |
| Mon, Aug 18 · 2 polls | |||||||
| Generic ballot | The Economist/YouGov★★ | Aug 15–18 | 1,404 RV | D 44 · R 39 | D+5 | — | d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net ↗ |
| Generic ballot | Echelon Insights★★½ | Aug 14–18 | 1,057 LV | D 47 · R 46 | D+1 | — | echelonin.wpenginepowered.com ↗ |
| Wed, Aug 13 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Quantus InsightsR sponsor | Aug 11–13 | 1,000 RV | D 45 · R 42 | D+3 | — | quantusinsights.org ↗ |
| Mon, Aug 11 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | The Economist/YouGov★★ | Aug 9–11 | 1,473 RV | D 42 · R 40 | D+2 | — | d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net ↗ |
| Mon, Aug 4 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | The Economist/YouGov★★ | Aug 1–4 | 1,528 RV | D 44 · R 38 | D+6 | — | d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net ↗ |
| Sun, Aug 3 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Hart Research Associates/Public Opinion Strategies★★ for CNBC | Jul 29–Aug 3 | 1,000 A | D 49 · R 44 | D+5 | — | cnbc.com ↗ |
| Tue, Jul 29 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | GrayHouse for America One Policies, a Republican super PACR sponsor | Jul 27–29 | 2,000 RV | D 47 · R 44 | D+3 | — | cdn.prod.website-files.com ↗ |
| Mon, Jul 28 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Yahoo News/YouGov★★ | Jul 24–28 | 1,167 RV | D 46 · R 39 | D+7 | — | d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net ↗ |
| Thu, Jul 24 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | McLaughlin & Associates★½ for America's New Majority ProjectR sponsor | Jul 21–24 | 1,633 LV | D 48 · R 44+1 version | D+4 | — | americasnewmajorityproject.com ↗ |
| Tue, Jul 22 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Emerson College★★½ | Jul 21–22 | 1,400 LV | D 44 · R 42 | D+2 | — | emersoncollegepolling.com ↗ |
| Sun, Jul 20 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Fabrizio/Impact Research★½ for The Wall Street Journal | Jul 16–20 | 1,500 RV | D 46 · R 43 | D+3 | — | wsj.com ↗ |
| Fri, Jul 18 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | AtlasIntel★★½ | Jul 13–18 | 1,935 A | D 51 · R 43 | D+8 | — | cdn.atlasintel.org ↗ |
| Thu, Jul 17 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Rasmussen Reports★★R sponsor | Jul 13–17 | 2,288 LV | D 46 · R 42 | D+4 | — | rasmussenreports.com ↗ |
| Wed, Jul 16 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | RMG Research★★ for Napolitan News Service | Jul 14–16 | 2,000 RV | D 45 · R 49 | R+4 | — | napolitannews.org ↗ |
| Mon, Jul 14 · 3 polls | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Big Data Poll★½R sponsor | Jul 12–14 | 3,022 RV | D 42 · R 41 | D+1 | — | bigdatapoll.com ↗ |
| Generic ballot | Echelon Insights★★½ | Jul 10–14 | 1,084 LV | D 47 · R 48+1 version | R+1 | — | echelonin.wpenginepowered.com ↗ |
| Generic ballot | McLaughlin & Associates★½R sponsor | Jul 9–14 | 1,000 LV | D 42 · R 47 | R+5 | — | mclaughlinonline.com ↗ |
| Thu, Jul 10 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | A2 Insights | Jul 7–10 | 862 RV | D 48 · R 44 | D+4 | — | drive.google.com ↗ |
| Thu, Jul 3 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Strength In Numbers/Verasight | Jul 1–3 | 1,500 A | D 47 · R 43 | D+4 | — | gelliottmorris.com ↗ |
| Wed, Jul 2 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Cygnal★★★R sponsor | Jul 1–2 | 1,500 LV | D 47 · R 46 | D+1 | — | cygn.al ↗ |
| Wed, Jun 25 · 2 polls | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Emerson College★★½ | Jun 24–25 | 1,000 LV | D 43 · R 40 | D+3 | — | emersoncollegepolling.com ↗ |
| Generic ballot | American Pulse Research & Polling★½R sponsor | Jun 23–25 | 633 RV | D 47 · R 42 | D+5 | — | x.com ↗ |
| Sat, Jun 21 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Cygnal★★★R sponsor | Jun 19–21 | 800 LV | D 48 · R 46 | D+2 | — | cygn.al ↗ |
| Thu, Jun 19 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | RMG Research★★ for Napolitan News Service | Jun 18–19 | 1,000 RV | D 44 · R 52 | R+8 | — | napolitannews.org ↗ |
| Mon, Jun 16 · 2 polls | |||||||
| Generic ballot | co/efficient★★R sponsor | Jun 12–16 | 1,035 LV | D 46 · R 46 | Even | — | coefficient.org ↗ |
| Generic ballot | Echelon Insights★★½ | Jun 12–16 | 982 LV | D 47 · R 48 | R+1 | — | echelonin.wpenginepowered.com ↗ |
| Sat, Jun 14 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Clarity Campaign Labs★★D sponsor | Jun 5–14 | 1,000 V | D 50 · R 45 | D+5 | — | static1.squarespace.com ↗ |
| Thu, Jun 12 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Strength In Numbers/Verasight | Jun 6–12 | 1,500 A | D 45 · R 37 | D+8 | — | gelliottmorris.com ↗ |
| Wed, Jun 11 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Quantus Insights for Trending Politics, a conservative news websiteR sponsor | Jun 9–11 | 1,000 RV | D 43 · R 43 | Even | — | drive.google.com ↗ |
| Wed, Jun 4 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Quantus Insights for Trending Politics, a conservative news websiteR sponsor | Jun 1–4 | 1,000 RV | D 46 · R 45 | D+1 | — | drive.google.com ↗ |
| Tue, May 27 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | AtlasIntel★★½ | May 21–27 | 3,469 A | D 51 · R 42 | D+9 | — | cdn.atlasintel.org ↗ |
| Mon, May 26 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | McLaughlin & Associates★½R sponsor | May 21–26 | 1,000 LV | D 43 · R 47 | R+4 | — | mclaughlinonline.com ↗ |
| Wed, May 21 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | RMG Research★★ for Napolitan News Service | May 20–21 | 1,000 RV | D 48 · R 45 | D+3 | — | napolitannews.org ↗ |
| Mon, May 19 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Fabrizio Ward for the Pinpoint Policy InstituteR sponsor | May 15–19 | 800 RV | D 42 · R 42 | Even | — | pinpointpolicyinstitute.org ↗ |
| Mon, May 12 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Echelon Insights★★½ | May 8–12 | 1,000 LV | D 47 · R 48 | R+1 | — | echelonin.wpenginepowered.com ↗ |
| Fri, May 9 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | co/efficient★★R sponsor | May 7–9 | 1,462 LV | D 45 · R 42 | D+3 | — | coefficient.org ↗ |
| Wed, May 7 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Quantus Insights for Trending Politics, a conservative news websiteR sponsor | May 5–7 | 1,000 RV | D 45 · R 45 | Even | — | quantusinsights.org ↗ |
| Tue, May 6 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Strength In Numbers/Verasight | May 1–6 | 1,000 A | D 47 · R 41 | D+6 | — | gelliottmorris.com ↗ |
| Mon, May 5 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Big Data Poll★½R sponsor | May 3–5 | 3,128 RV | D 40 · R 42 | R+2 | — | bigdatapoll.com ↗ |
| Sun, Apr 27 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | NewsNation/DDHQ★★ | Apr 23–27 | 1,448 RV | D 45 · R 40 | D+5 | — | nexstartv-my.sharepoint.com ↗ |
| Thu, Apr 24 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | New York Times/Siena College★★ | Apr 21–24 | 913 RV | D 47 · R 44 | D+3 | — | nytimes.com ↗ |
| Mon, Apr 21 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Beacon Research/Shaw & Co. Research★★ for Fox News | Apr 18–21 | 1,104 RV | D 49 · R 42 | D+7 | — | foxnews.com ↗ |
| Sat, Apr 19 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Hart Research Associates/Public Opinion Strategies★★ for CNBC | Apr 15–19 | 1,000 RV | D 49 · R 45 | D+4 | — | fm.cnbc.com ↗ |
| Fri, Apr 18 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Noble Predictive Insights/The Center Square★★½ | Apr 15–18 | 2,500 LV | D 45 · R 42 | D+3 | — | thecentersquare.com ↗ |
| Wed, Apr 16 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | RMG Research★★ for Napolitan News Service | Apr 16 | 1,000 RV | D 50 · R 45 | D+5 | — | napolitannews.org ↗ |
| Sun, Apr 13 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Hart Research Associates/Public Opinion Strategies★★ for CNBC | Apr 9–13 | RV | D 45 · R 42 | D+3 | — | cnbc.com ↗ |
| Sat, Apr 12 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | RealClear Opinion Research | Apr 10–12 | 1,000 RV | D 40 · R 39 | D+1 | — | realclearpolitics.com ↗ |
| Thu, Apr 3 · 2 polls | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Yale Youth Poll | Apr 1–3 | 4,100 RV | D 43 · R 42 | D+1 | — | youthpoll.yale.edu ↗ |
| Generic ballot | Cygnal★★★R sponsor | Apr 1–3 | 1,500 LV | D 48 · R 47 | D+1 | — | cygn.al ↗ |
| Thu, Mar 27 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Quantus Insights for Trending Politics, a conservative news websiteR sponsor | Mar 25–27 | 1,000 RV | D 45 · R 46 | R+1 | — | quantusinsights.org ↗ |
| Thu, Mar 13 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Echelon Insights★★½ | Mar 10–13 | 1,007 LV | D 46 · R 47 | R+1 | — | echelonin.wpenginepowered.com ↗ |
| Tue, Mar 11 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Hart Research Associates/Public Opinion Strategies★★ for NBC News | Mar 7–11 | 1,000 RV | D 48 · R 47 | D+1 | — | nbcnews.com ↗ |
| Sun, Mar 9 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Clarity Campaign Labs★★D sponsor | Mar 3–9 | 1,036 V | D 46 · R 44 | D+2 | — | static1.squarespace.com ↗ |
| Wed, Mar 5 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Cygnal★★★R sponsor | Mar 3–5 | 1,500 LV | D 47 · R 46 | D+1 | — | cygn.al ↗ |
| Mon, Mar 3 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Emerson College★★½ | Mar 2–3 | 1,000 RV | D 44 · R 41 | D+3 | — | emersoncollegepolling.com ↗ |
| Sun, Mar 2 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Public Opinion Strategies★★ for the Paragon Health InstituteR sponsor | Feb 25–Mar 2 | 1,000 RV | D 44 · R 46 | R+2 | — | paragoninstitute.org ↗ |
| Fri, Feb 21 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | RMG Research★★ for Napolitan News Service | Feb 20–21 | 1,000 RV | D 46 · R 48 | R+2 | — | napolitannews.org ↗ |
| Mon, Feb 17 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | co/efficient★★R sponsor | Feb 15–17 | 2,063 LV | D 44 · R 46 | R+2 | — | coefficient.org ↗ |
| Thu, Feb 13 · 1 poll | |||||||
| Generic ballot | Echelon Insights★★½ | Feb 10–13 | 1,010 LV | D 46 · R 47 | R+1 | — | echelonin.wpenginepowered.com ↗ |
Margin: the poll's lead (D − R; approve − disapprove for approval). Forecast: the race's chance in today's forecast, which averages polls after adjusting for each pollster's house effect and track record. Stars: our pollster rating, three is best. Sponsor: polls paid for by a party or campaign are released selectively, and the forecast adjusts for that.