Polls this week: October 12–18, 2026
135 new polls from 60 pollsters, across 61 topics. The biggest move: South Dakota governor, toward Republicans 10.6 points compared with the 30 days before.
| Topic | Polls | This week | Before | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Generic congressional ballot ActiVote, AP-NORC, Beacon Research/Shaw & Company Research, Change Research and 7 more |
11 | D+9.1 | D+7.3 | toward Democrats 1.8 |
| Donald Trump approval AP-NORC, Beacon Research/Shaw & Company Research, Change Research, CNN/SSRS and 6 more |
10 | net -23.6 | net -21.5 | down 2.1 |
| Texas Senate ActiVote, Cor Strategies, InsiderAdvantage, New River Strategies/GS Strategy Group and 4 more |
8 | D+3.1 | D+2.2 | toward Democrats 0.9 |
| Texas governor ActiVote, New River Strategies/GS Strategy Group, Pollfinity, Slingshot Strategies and 2 more |
6 | R+2.1 | R+1.8 | little change |
| Georgia governor GBAO Strategies, InsiderAdvantage, Quantus Insights, University of Georgia |
4 | R+1.4 | R+2.0 | toward Democrats 0.6 |
| Iowa Senate National Public Affairs, New River Strategies/GS Strategy Group, Trafalgar Group, YouGov |
4 | R+0.4 | D+0.6 | toward Republicans 1.0 |
| Nebraska governor Concord Public Opinion Partners, Global Strategy Group, National Public Affairs, Public Policy Polling |
4 | R+1.2 | R+3.4 | toward Democrats 2.2 |
| Connecticut governor Emerson College, GreatBlue Research, Quinnipiac University |
3 | D+18.9 | D+16.0 | toward Democrats 2.9 |
| Iowa governor National Public Affairs, New River, YouGov |
3 | D+7.3 | D+8.5 | toward Republicans 1.2 |
| Massachusetts Senate Suffolk University, University of Massachusetts Department of Political Science/YouGov, University of Massachusetts Lowell Center for Public Opinion/YouGov |
3 | D+28.0 | D+24.5 | toward Democrats 3.5 |
| Ohio Senate ActiVote, Marist University, New River Strategies/GS Strategy Group |
3 | D+3.2 | D+3.0 | little change |
| Alabama Senate Cygnal, The Alabama Poll |
2 | R+18.0 | R+21.0 | toward Democrats 3.0 |
| Alabama governor Cygnal Political, The Alabama Poll |
2 | R+11.6 | R+13.0 | toward Democrats 1.4 |
| Alaska Senate Data for Progress, Public Policy Polling |
2 | D+1.5 | D+0.8 | toward Democrats 0.7 |
| Alaska governor Alaska Survey Research, Data for Progress |
2 | D+8.0 | D+15.7 | toward Republicans 7.7 |
| California governor ActiVote, University of California Berkeley Jack Citrin Center for Public Opinion Research/Verasight/TrueDot |
2 | D+22.8 | D+18.5 | toward Democrats 4.3 |
| Florida Senate ActiVote, YouGov |
2 | R+7.6 | R+6.9 | toward Republicans 0.7 |
| Georgia Senate Quantus Insights, University of Georgia School of Public and International Affairs |
2 | D+7.4 | D+7.9 | toward Republicans 0.5 |
| Minnesota Senate SurveyUSA, Trafalgar Group |
2 | D+3.2 | D+2.9 | little change |
| House: MN-01 Public Policy Polling, SurveyUSA |
2 | D+1.0 | D+1.5 | toward Republicans 0.5 |
| Montana Senate Peak Insights, Quantus Insights |
2 | R+24.5 | R+24.8 | little change |
| House: MT-01 Emerson College, Public Policy Polling |
2 | D+3.5 | D+1.2 | toward Democrats 2.3 |
| Ohio governor Marist University, New River Strategies/GS Strategy Group |
2 | D+6.0 | D+4.2 | toward Democrats 1.8 |
| South Carolina governor National Public Affairs, Trafalgar Group |
2 | R+13.0 | – | no earlier polls |
| House: TX-35 Emerson College, Normington, Petts & Associates |
2 | D+2.0 | – | no earlier polls |
| House: AR-02 Emerson College |
1 | R+4.0 | – | no earlier polls |
| Arkansas Senate Hendrix College |
1 | R+9.0 | R+11.0 | toward Democrats 2.0 |
| Arkansas governor Hendrix College |
1 | R+19.0 | – | no earlier polls |
| House: AZ-02 Emerson College |
1 | D+2.0 | – | no earlier polls |
| House: CO-05 Global Strategy Group |
1 | D+5.0 | – | no earlier polls |
| House: FL-09 SEA Polling |
1 | tied | – | no earlier polls |
| House: FL-13 Public Policy Polling |
1 | D+1.0 | – | no earlier polls |
| House: FL-14 Emerson College |
1 | D+5.0 | – | no earlier polls |
| House: FL-25 National Research |
1 | R+7.0 | – | no earlier polls |
| Florida governor YouGov |
1 | R+8.0 | R+4.8 | toward Republicans 3.2 |
| House: IA-02 Emerson College |
1 | D+3.0 | – | no earlier polls |
| Kansas Senate InsiderAdvantage |
1 | R+1.0 | D+2.2 | toward Republicans 3.2 |
| Maine Senate InsiderAdvantage |
1 | D+2.0 | D+1.8 | little change |
| House: ME-02 Tulchin Research |
1 | D+4.0 | D+4.0 | little change |
| House: MI-07 Emerson College |
1 | D+8.0 | – | no earlier polls |
| Michigan Senate Marist University |
1 | D+2.0 | D+3.0 | toward Republicans 1.0 |
| Michigan governor Marist University |
1 | D+6.0 | D+8.1 | toward Republicans 2.1 |
| Minnesota governor SurveyUSA |
1 | D+7.0 | D+7.2 | little change |
| Mississippi Senate Wedgewood Polls |
1 | R+4.0 | – | no earlier polls |
| House: MO-02 Emerson College |
1 | D+5.0 | R+1.0 | toward Democrats 6.0 |
| House: NC-11 Emerson College |
1 | D+13.0 | – | no earlier polls |
| New Hampshire Senate National Public Affairs |
1 | D+7.0 | D+7.2 | little change |
| New Hampshire governor National Public Affairs |
1 | R+16.0 | R+7.8 | toward Republicans 8.2 |
| New York governor OnMessage Inc. |
1 | D+4.4 | D+13.4 | toward Republicans 9.0 |
| House: NV-02 Public Policy Polling |
1 | R+2.0 | – | no earlier polls |
| House: NY-21 Public Policy Polling |
1 | R+2.0 | D+0.5 | toward Republicans 2.5 |
| House: OH-10 DCCC Targeting and Analytics Department |
1 | D+3.0 | – | no earlier polls |
| House: OH-15 Hart Research Associates |
1 | D+3.0 | D+1.0 | toward Democrats 2.0 |
| Oklahoma governor Workbench Strategy |
1 | R+4.0 | – | no earlier polls |
| Pennsylvania governor Franklin & Marshall College |
1 | D+23.0 | D+23.7 | toward Republicans 0.7 |
| House: SD-01 Mason-Dixon |
1 | R+28.0 | – | no earlier polls |
| South Carolina Senate Trafalgar Group |
1 | R+3.0 | R+1.1 | toward Republicans 1.9 |
| South Dakota governor Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, Inc. |
1 | R+20.6 | R+10.0 | toward Republicans 10.6 |
| Tennessee governor Spry Strategies |
1 | R+12.0 | R+9.0 | toward Republicans 3.0 |
| House: TX-15 Texas Southern University Barbara Jordan Public Policy Research and Survey Center |
1 | D+7.0 | D+13.0 | toward Republicans 6.0 |
| House: TX-28 DCCC Targeting and Analytics Department |
1 | D+20.0 | – | no earlier polls |
Races: Democrat-minus-Republican margin. Approval: approve minus disapprove. Simple averages per poll.