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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Oct 20 · 1 poll | |||||||
| GA Governor | ActiVote★★ | Oct 6–20 | 400 LV | Bottoms 48.5 · Jackson 51.5 | R+3 | D 53% | activote.net ↗ |
| Mon, Oct 19 · 3 polls | |||||||
| IA Governor | co/efficient★★R sponsor | Oct 15–19 | 678 LV | Sand 49 · Lahn 45 | D+4 | D 85% | battlegrounds.coefficient.org ↗ |
| FL Governor | ActiVote★★ | Oct 1–19 | 400 LV | Jolly 48 · Donalds 52 | R+4 | R 73% | activote.net ↗ |
| OH Governor | ActiVote★★ | Sep 27–Oct 19 | 400 LV | Acton 49 · Ramaswamy 51 | R+2 | D 71% | activote.net ↗ |
| Sun, Oct 18 · 4 polls | |||||||
| MI Governor | Marist University★★ | Oct 15–18 | LV | Benson 51 · James 45+1 version | D+6 | D 88% | maristpoll.marist.edu ↗ |
| OH Governor | Marist University★★ | Oct 15–18 | LV | Acton 51 · Ramaswamy 43+1 version | D+8 | D 71% | maristpoll.marist.edu ↗ |
| AK Governor | Alaska Survey Research★★ | Oct 15–18 | 1,568 LV | Kreiss-Tomkins 55 · Bronson 45+1 version | D+10 | D 77% | x.com ↗ |
| MA Governor | Suffolk University★★½ for The Boston Globe | Oct 14–18 | 500 LV | Healey 59 · Minogue 36 | D+23 | D >99% | suffolk.edu ↗ |
| Sat, Oct 17 · 2 polls | |||||||
| AL Governor | Cygnal★★★ for Alabama Daily News and Gray Media AlabamaR sponsor | Oct 16–17 | 500 LV | Jones 40 · Tuberville 51 | R+11 | R 93% | wbrc.com ↗ |
| GA Governor | Quantus InsightsR sponsor | Oct 15–17 | 755 LV | Bottoms 47 · Jackson 48+2 versions | R+1 | D 53% | drive.google.com ↗ |
| Fri, Oct 16 · 4 polls | |||||||
| AL Governor | The Alabama Poll | Oct 15–16 | 600 LV | Jones 39 · Tuberville 51 | R+12 | R 93% | al.com ↗ |
| AK Governor | Data for Progress★★D sponsor | Oct 8–16 | 660 LV | Kreiss-Tomkins 50 · Bronson 50+2 versions | Even | D 77% | dataforprogress.org ↗ |
| TX Governor | CBS News/YouGov★★ | Oct 8–16 | 1,492 LV | Hinojosa 48 · Abbott 52 | R+4 | R 71% | cbsnews.com ↗ |
| CA Governor | ActiVote★★ | Sep 24–Oct 16 | 400 LV | Becerra 63 · Hilton 37 | D+26 | D >99% | activote.net ↗ |
| Thu, Oct 15 · 3 polls | |||||||
| TN Governor | Spry Strategies★★R sponsor | Oct 10–15 | 635 LV | Green 32 · Blackburn 44 | R+12 | R 99% | spryresearch.com ↗ |
| GA Governor | University of Georgia★★ for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Oct 7–15 | 1,000 LV | Bottoms 45 · Jackson 46 | R+1 | D 53% | wsbtv.com ↗ |
| FL Governor | Univision/YouGov★★ | Oct 2–15 | 825 RV | Jolly 42 · Donalds 50 | R+8 | R 73% | st1.uvnimg.com ↗ |
| Wed, Oct 14 · 4 polls | |||||||
| NE Governor | Public Policy Polling★★ for Walz's campaignD sponsor | Oct 13–14 | 571 RV | Walz 43 · Pillen 44+1 version | R+1 | R 78% | journalstar.com ↗ |
| SD Governor | Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy★★½ for South Dakota News Watch & Chiesman Center for Democracy at the University of South Dakota | Oct 12–14 | 500 LV | Ahlers 36 · Rhoden 56 | R+20 | R >99% | sdnewswatch.org ↗ |
| TX Governor | University of Houston | Oct 10–14 | 2,000 LV | Hinojosa 46 · Abbott 49 | R+3 | R 71% | uh.edu ↗ |
| TX Governor | ActiVote★★ | Sep 30–Oct 14 | 400 LV | Hinojosa 49 · Abbott 51 | R+2 | R 71% | activote.net ↗ |
| Tue, Oct 13 · 4 polls | |||||||
| GA Governor | InsiderAdvantage★★R sponsor | Oct 12–13 | 800 LV | Bottoms 47 · Jackson 49 | R+2 | D 53% | jamesmagazinega.com ↗ |
| OK Governor | Workbench Strategy for Munson's campaignD sponsor | Oct 8–13 | 600 LV | Munson 45 · Mazzei 49 | R+4 | R 90% | politico.com ↗ |
| AR Governor | Hendrix College★★ for Talk Business & Politics | Oct 8–13 | 709 LV | Love 32 · Sanders 51 | R+19 | R >99% | talkbusiness.net ↗ |
| NV Governor | Global Strategy Group★½ for Aaron Ford's campaignD sponsor | Oct 8–13 | 700 LV | Ford 47 · Lombardo 48 | R+1 | R 74% | data.ddhq.io ↗ |
| Mon, Oct 12 · 11 polls | |||||||
| CT Governor | Emerson College★★½ for Nexstar Media | Oct 10–12 | 800 LV | Lamont 51 · Fazio 38 | D+13 | D >99% | emersoncollegepolling.com ↗ |
| CT Governor | Wesleyan University/YouGov★★ | Oct 8–12 | LV | Lamont 57 · Fazio 34+1 version | D+23 | D >99% | surveylab.wescreates.wesleyan.edu ↗ |
| CT Governor | Quinnipiac University★★ | Oct 8–12 | 1,225 LV | Lamont 58 · Fazio 38 | D+20 | D >99% | poll.qu.edu ↗ |
| NY Governor | Pollfinity Research | Oct 8–12 | 499 RV | Hochul 47 · Blakeman 44 | D+3 | D 98% | pollfinity.com ↗ |
| NH Governor | National Public AffairsR sponsor | Oct 8–12 | 600 LV | Warmington 38 · Ayotte 54 | R+16 | R 95% | backend.natpublicaffairs.com ↗ |
| IA Governor | NPA Polling | Oct 8–12 | 678 LV | Sand 50 · Lahn 45 | D+5 | D 85% | backend.natpublicaffairs.com ↗ |
| MN Governor | KSTP/SurveyUSA★★½ | Oct 8–12 | 718 LV | Klobuchar 48 · Demuth 41 | D+7 | D 94% | kstp.com ↗ |
| OK Governor | Cross Timbers Poll | Oct 7–12 | 91 LV | Munson 36 · Mazzei 39+1 version | R+3 | R 90% | crosstimberspoll.org ↗ |
| IA Governor | YouGov★★ | Oct 6–12 | 2,245 LV | Sand 50 · Lahn 44 | D+6 | D 85% | d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net ↗ |
| CT Governor | GreatBlue Research★½ for CT Insider, Sacred Heart University and WFSB | Oct 6–12 | 1,000 RV | Lamont 53 · Fazio 31+1 version | D+22 | D >99% | s3.documentcloud.org ↗ |
| MA Governor | UMass Amherst/YouGov★½ for WCVB | Oct 5–12 | 800 RV | Healey 56 · Minogue 31+1 version | D+25 | D >99% | umass.edu ↗ |
| Sun, Oct 11 · 6 polls | |||||||
| ME Governor | Suffolk University★★½ | Oct 8–11 | 500 LV | Pingree 49 · Charles 38 | D+11 | D 98% | suffolk.edu ↗ |
| IA Governor | Marist University★★ | Oct 8–11 | LV | Sand 52 · Lahn 45+1 version | D+7 | D 85% | maristpoll.marist.edu ↗ |
| TX Governor | Marist University★★ | Oct 8–11 | LV | Hinojosa 45 · Abbott 49+1 version | R+4 | R 71% | maristpoll.marist.edu ↗ |
| FL Governor | Fabrizio, Lee & Associates★★ for Donalds' campaignR sponsor | Oct 8–11 | 1,200 LV | Jolly 43 · Donalds 49 | R+6 | R 73% | floridapolitics.com ↗ |
| RI Governor | Emerson College/WPRI-TV★★½ | Oct 8–11 | 800 LV | Foulkes 44 · Guckian 10+1 version | D+34 | D >99% | wpri.com ↗ |
| PA Governor | PennLive for the Bravo Group | Oct 5–11 | 628 RV | Shapiro 58 · Garrity 28 | D+30 | D >99% | bravogroup.us ↗ |
| Sat, Oct 10 · 2 polls | |||||||
| FL Governor | Change Research★★ for Freedom Project USAD sponsor | Oct 8–10 | 920 LV | Jolly 47 · Donalds 47 | Even | R 73% | changeresearch.com ↗ |
| FL Governor | MDW Communications for EDGE Communications | Oct 4–10 | 2,351 LV | Jolly 44 · Donalds 46 | R+2 | R 73% | mdwcomm.com ↗ |
| Fri, Oct 9 · 4 polls | |||||||
| FL Governor | Stetson University★½ | Oct 1–9 | 716 LV | Jolly 41 · Donalds 52 | R+11 | R 73% | stetson.edu ↗ |
| NM Governor | Research & Polling Inc.★★½ for the Albuquerque Journal | Oct 1–9 | 1,125 LV | Haaland 49 · Hull 42 | D+7 | D 92% | abqjournal.com ↗ |
| OH Governor | Bowling Green State University/YouGov★½ | Sep 29–Oct 9 | 1,000 LV | Acton 50 · Ramaswamy 44 | D+6 | D 71% | scholarworks.bgsu.edu ↗ |
| WI Governor | YouGov★★ for City Forward Collective and CFC Action Fund, which supports DemocratsD sponsor | Sep 22–Oct 9 | 1,715 A | Crowley 46 · Tiffany 42 | D+4 | D 65% | cityforwardcollective.org ↗ |
| Thu, Oct 8 · 6 polls | |||||||
| AZ Governor | HighGround, Inc.★★ | Oct 6–8 | 400 LV | Hobbs 51 · Biggs 34 | D+17 | D 96% | azhighground.com ↗ |
| AZ Governor | GrayHouse for the campaign of Elijah Norton, the Republican candidate running for state treasurerR sponsor | Oct 6–8 | 550 LV | Hobbs 50 · Biggs 44 | D+6 | D 96% | grayhouse.com ↗ |
| SD Governor | Concord Public Opinion Partners★★ for Democrats for Education ReformD sponsor | Oct 6–8 | 400 LV | Ahlers 38 · Rhoden 48 | R+10 | R >99% | documentcloud.org ↗ |
| TX Governor | ReconMR/Siena University★★½ | Oct 5–8 | 617 LV | Hinojosa 47 · Abbott 48 | R+1 | R 71% | reconmr.com ↗ |
| TX Governor | GBAO★½ for Hinojosa's campaignD sponsor | Oct 5–8 | 800 LV | Hinojosa 47 · Abbott 45 | D+2 | R 71% | ginafortexas.com ↗ |
| RI Governor | Embold Research★★ for Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy | Oct 5–8 | 815 LV | Foulkes 39 · Guckian 17 | D+22 | D >99% | salve.edu ↗ |
| Wed, Oct 7 · 3 polls | |||||||
| FL Governor | St. Pete Polls★★ for Florida Politics | Oct 5–7 | 836 LV | Jolly 45 · Donalds 45 | Even | R 73% | stpetepolls.org ↗ |
| MN Governor | KARE 11/Minnesota Star Tribune | Oct 5–7 | 800 LV | Klobuchar 50 · Demuth 41 | D+9 | D 94% | startribune.com ↗ |
| MN Governor | Morning Consult★½ for The Daily AgendaD sponsor | Oct 2–7 | 1,000 RV | Klobuchar 48 · Demuth 39 | D+9 | D 94% | thedailyagenda.com ↗ |
| Tue, Oct 6 · 4 polls | |||||||
| OH Governor | co/efficient★★R sponsor | Oct 5–6 | 925 LV | Acton 43 · Ramaswamy 45 | R+2 | D 71% | battlegrounds.coefficient.org ↗ |
| IA Governor | Emerson College★★½ for Nexstar Media Group | Oct 5–6 | 650 LV | Sand 49 · Lahn 45 | D+4 | D 85% | emersoncollegepolling.com ↗ |
| AZ Governor | Wick★★R sponsor | Oct 3–6 | 1,513 LV | Hobbs 49 · Biggs 43 | D+6 | D 96% | wick.io ↗ |
| NY Governor | Beacon Research★½ | Oct 1–6 | 820 RV | Hochul 53 · Blakeman 31 | D+22 | D 98% | politico.com ↗ |
| Mon, Oct 5 · 11 polls | |||||||
| NY Governor | Emerson College★★½ for WPIX | Oct 3–5 | 900 LV | Hochul 52 · Blakeman 40 | D+12 | D 98% | emersoncollegepolling.com ↗ |
| NE Governor | National Public AffairsR sponsor | Oct 2–5 | 800 LV | Walz 40 · Pillen 44 | R+4 | R 78% | backend.natpublicaffairs.com ↗ |
| PA Governor | Quinnipiac University★★ | Oct 1–5 | 1,159 LV | Shapiro 59 · Garrity 34 | D+25 | D >99% | poll.qu.edu ↗ |
| ME Governor | The Washington Post/SSPG★★ | Sep 30–Oct 5 | 800 LV | Pingree 49 · Charles 36 | D+13 | D 98% | washingtonpost.com ↗ |
| AZ Governor | GQR★½ for Hobbs' campaignD sponsor | Sep 30–Oct 5 | 600 LV | Hobbs 49 · Biggs 45 | D+4 | D 96% | data.ddhq.io ↗ |
| IA Governor | SSRS★½ for CNN | Sep 29–Oct 5 | 801 LV | Sand 51 · Lahn 42 | D+9 | D 85% | documentcloud.org ↗ |
| OH Governor | SSRS★½ for CNN | Sep 29–Oct 5 | 760 LV | Acton 50 · Ramaswamy 42 | D+8 | D 71% | documentcloud.org ↗ |
| FL Governor | YouGov★★ | Sep 28–Oct 5 | 3,813 LV | Jolly 45 · Donalds 47 | R+2 | R 73% | d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net ↗ |
| NH Governor | YouGov★★ | Sep 28–Oct 5 | 1,520 LV | Warmington 40 · Ayotte 49 | R+9 | R 95% | d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net ↗ |
| TX Governor | YouGov★★ | Sep 28–Oct 5 | 3,625 LV | Hinojosa 48 · Abbott 47 | D+1 | R 71% | d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net ↗ |
| TX Governor | University of Texas/Texas Politics Project | Sep 25–Oct 5 | 861 LV | Hinojosa 49 · Abbott 48 | D+1 | R 71% | texaspolitics.utexas.edu ↗ |
| Sun, Oct 4 · 8 polls | |||||||
| VT Governor | State Navigate | Oct 2–4 | 948 LV | Janoo 43 · Scott 46 | R+3 | R 70% | projects.statenavigate.com ↗ |
| IA Governor | Suffolk University★★½ | Oct 1–4 | 500 LV | Sand 55 · Lahn 43 | D+12 | D 85% | suffolk.edu ↗ |
| ME Governor | Marist University★★ | Oct 1–4 | 1,505 RV | Pingree 52 · Charles 40 | D+12 | D 98% | maristpoll.marist.edu ↗ |
| NY Governor | Marist University★★ | Oct 1–4 | 1,361 RV | Hochul 53 · Blakeman 42 | D+11 | D 98% | maristpoll.marist.edu ↗ |
| OR Governor | GBAO★½ for Kotek's campaignD sponsor | Oct 1–4 | 800 LV | Kotek 46 · Drazan 42 | D+4 | D 67% | opb.org ↗ |
| FL Governor | Targoz Market Research★ for the James Madison Institute, a conservative think tank | Sep 28–Oct 4 | 849 LV | Jolly 42 · Donalds 52+1 version | R+10 | R 73% | jamesmadison.org ↗ |
| KS Governor | YouGov★★ | Sep 24–Oct 4 | 2,255 LV | Holscher 44 · Masterson 47 | R+3 | R 76% | d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net ↗ |
| MI Governor | YouGov★★ | Sep 22–Oct 4 | 3,949 LV | Benson 48 · James 45 | D+3 | D 88% | d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net ↗ |
| Sat, Oct 3 · 3 polls | |||||||
| AK Governor | Alaska Survey Research★★ | Oct 1–3 | 1,512 LV | Kreiss-Tomkins 54 · Bronson 46+1 version | D+8 | D 77% | x.com ↗ |
| SC Governor | Resonance Media | Sep 29–Oct 3 | 638 RV | Johnson 35 · Wilson 45 | R+10 | R 90% | fitsnews.com ↗ |
| NE Governor | YouGov★★ | Sep 24–Oct 3 | 1,809 LV | Walz 43 · Pillen 44 | R+1 | R 78% | d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net ↗ |
| Thu, Oct 1 · 13 polls | |||||||
| MI Governor | Mitchell Research & Communications★★ | Oct 1 | 682 LV | Benson 46 · James 39 | D+7 | D 88% | static1.squarespace.com ↗ |
| IL Governor | Public Policy Polling★★ for Chicago News WeeklyD sponsor | Sep 30–Oct 1 | 569 LV | Pritzker 54 · Bailey 34 | D+20 | D 99% | cnwmedia.com ↗ |
| MI Governor | Z to A Research for Rust Belt Rising, which supports DemocratsD sponsor | Sep 28–Oct 1 | 483 LV | Benson 50 · James 40 | D+10 | D 88% | x.com ↗ |
| PA Governor | Z to A Research for Rust Belt Rising, which supports DemocratsD sponsor | Sep 28–Oct 1 | 630 LV | Shapiro 53 · Garrity 34 | D+19 | D >99% | x.com ↗ |
| WI Governor | Z to A Research for Rust Belt Rising, which supports DemocratsD sponsor | Sep 28–Oct 1 | 662 LV | Crowley 49 · Tiffany 44 | D+5 | D 65% | x.com ↗ |
| FL Governor | Mason-Dixon★★½ | Sep 28–Oct 1 | 625 LV | Jolly 41 · Donalds 48 | R+7 | R 73% | s3.documentcloud.org ↗ |
| AK Governor | New York Times/Siena University★★ | Sep 24–Oct 1 | 504 LV | Kreiss-Tomkins 52 · Bronson 48+2 versions | D+4 | D 77% | nytimes.com ↗ |
| CA Governor | Manhattan InstituteR sponsor | Sep 24–Oct 1 | 1,000 LV | Becerra 57 · Hilton 39 | D+18 | D >99% | manhattan.institute ↗ |
| OR Governor | DHM Research★★ for The Oregonian | Sep 24–Oct 1 | 549 LV | Kotek 46 · Drazan 44 | D+2 | D 67% | oregonlive.com ↗ |
| ME Governor | CBS/YouGov★½ | Sep 23–Oct 1 | 1,133 LV | Pingree 56 · Charles 44 | D+12 | D 98% | cbsnews.com ↗ |
| IA Governor | New York Times/Siena University★★ | Sep 22–Oct 1 | 606 LV | Sand 52 · Lahn 41 | D+11 | D 85% | nytimes.com ↗ |
| OH Governor | New York Times/Siena University★★ | Sep 22–Oct 1 | 616 LV | Acton 49 · Ramaswamy 45 | D+4 | D 71% | nytimes.com ↗ |
| TX Governor | New York Times/Siena University★★ | Sep 22–Oct 1 | 615 LV | Hinojosa 49 · Abbott 46 | D+3 | R 71% | nytimes.com ↗ |
| Wed, Sep 30 · 4 polls | |||||||
| ME Governor | co/efficient★★R sponsor | Sep 28–30 | 1,240 LV | Pingree 47 · Charles 38 | D+9 | D 98% | battlegrounds.coefficient.org ↗ |
| NE Governor | co/efficient★★R sponsor | Sep 28–30 | 1,113 LV | Walz 38 · Pillen 43 | R+5 | R 78% | battlegrounds.coefficient.org ↗ |
| OK Governor | Cross Timbers Poll | Sep 27–30 | 86 LV | Munson 36 · Mazzei 46+1 version | R+10 | R 90% | crosstimberspoll.org ↗ |
| NM Governor | SurveyUSA★★½ for KOB | Sep 25–30 | 567 LV | Haaland 47 · Hull 41 | D+6 | D 92% | kob.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.