Pollsters · Updated Oct 23, 2026
GS Strategy Group
6 public polls in the 2026 cycle, across 6 races. Latest: Oct 13, 2026.
Also listed as New River Strategies/GS Strategy Group.
- Polls
- 66 in 6 races
- Grade
- BAccuracy in past elections, A+ to D (how)
- House effect, 2026
- D+1.6Against other polls, in today's forecast
- House effect, past elections
- R+0.8Against other polls of the same races
Based on 2 polls of 2 races taken in the last three weeks before elections from 2012 to 2020: they missed the final margin by 5.1 points on average, 0.2 points more than other polls of the same races.
Its polls run 1.6 points more Democratic than other polls of the same races; the forecast removes that before averaging.
In past elections its polls ran 0.8 points more Republican than other polls of the same races; today's estimate starts from that.
Race polls
Newest first. Source links go to the poll's own release.
| Race | Dates | Sample | Result | Margin | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Senate in Iowa for New River Strategies; Cook Political Report | Oct 9–Oct 13 | 602 LV | Turek 46 · Hinson 44 | D+2 | cookpolitical.com ↗ |
| U.S. Senate in Ohio (special) for New River Strategies; Cook Political Report | Oct 9–Oct 13 | 959 LV | Brown 49 · Husted 43 | D+6 | cookpolitical.com ↗ |
| U.S. Senate in Texas for New River Strategies; Cook Political Report | Oct 9–Oct 13 | 934 LV | Talarico 49 · Paxton 44 | D+5 | cookpolitical.com ↗ |
| Iowa Governor for New River Strategies; Cook Political Report | Oct 9–Oct 13 | 602 LV | Sand 54 · Lahn 43 | D+11 | cookpolitical.com ↗ |
| Ohio Governor for New River Strategies; Cook Political Report | Oct 9–Oct 13 | 959 LV | Acton 49 · Ramaswamy 44 | D+5 | cookpolitical.com ↗ |
| Texas Governor for New River Strategies; Cook Political Report | Oct 9–Oct 13 | 934 LV | Hinojosa 46 · Abbott 48 | R+2 | cookpolitical.com ↗ |