Polls this week: October 26 – November 1, 2026
225 new polls from 56 pollsters, across 54 topics. The biggest move: Rhode Island governor, toward Democrats 18.2 points compared with the 30 days before.
| Topic | Polls | This week | Before | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Generic congressional ballot ActiVote, AtlasIntel, Big Data Poll, Emerson College and 10 more |
16 | D+8.4 | D+7.4 | toward Democrats 1.0 |
| Donald Trump approval ActiVote, AtlasIntel, Big Data Poll, Emerson College and 10 more |
15 | net -19.7 | net -21.8 | up 2.1 |
| Texas Senate A2 Insights, ActiVote, AtlasIntel, CNN/SSRS and 8 more |
12 | D+3.7 | D+2.5 | toward Democrats 1.2 |
| Michigan Senate AtlasIntel, CNN/SSRS, Concord Public Opinion Partners, Emerson College and 6 more |
10 | D+6.0 | D+3.3 | toward Democrats 2.7 |
| Ohio Senate ActiVote, AtlasIntel, Emerson College, InsiderAdvantage and 6 more |
10 | D+2.4 | D+3.2 | toward Republicans 0.8 |
| Texas governor ActiVote, AtlasIntel, CNN/SSRS, Data for Progress and 6 more |
10 | R+1.1 | R+2.1 | toward Democrats 1.0 |
| Michigan governor AtlasIntel, CNN/SSRS, Concord Public Opinion Partners, Emerson College and 5 more |
9 | D+8.3 | D+8.2 | little change |
| Ohio governor ActiVote, AtlasIntel, Emerson College, InsiderAdvantage and 5 more |
9 | D+4.5 | D+3.6 | toward Democrats 0.9 |
| Florida Senate ActiVote, Big Data Poll, InsiderAdvantage, RedBox Research and 4 more |
8 | R+5.5 | R+6.7 | toward Democrats 1.2 |
| Florida governor ActiVote, Big Data Poll, InsiderAdvantage, RedBox Research and 4 more |
8 | R+3.7 | R+4.5 | toward Democrats 0.8 |
| Maine governor AtlasIntel, CNN/SSRS, Data for Progress, Emerson College and 4 more |
8 | D+10.8 | D+10.0 | toward Democrats 0.8 |
| Maine Senate AtlasIntel, CNN/SSRS, Data for Progress, Emerson College and 4 more |
8 | D+5.1 | D+2.0 | toward Democrats 3.1 |
| Kansas Senate AtlasIntel, CNN/SSRS, Emerson College, Survey 160 and 3 more |
7 | D+5.1 | D+1.5 | toward Democrats 3.6 |
| Kansas governor AtlasIntel, CNN/SSRS, Emerson College, Survey 160 and 3 more |
7 | D+0.3 | R+2.7 | toward Democrats 3.0 |
| Minnesota Senate AtlasIntel, InsiderAdvantage, Research Co., Survey 160 and 2 more |
6 | D+6.6 | D+3.6 | toward Democrats 3.0 |
| Iowa Senate AtlasIntel, co/efficient, GrayHouse, The New York Times/Siena University and 1 more |
5 | D+0.4 | R+0.1 | toward Democrats 0.5 |
| Minnesota governor Research Co., State Navigate, Survey 160, SurveyUSA and 1 more |
5 | D+12.8 | D+8.2 | toward Democrats 4.6 |
| Iowa governor AtlasIntel, co/efficient, The New York Times/Siena University, YouGov |
4 | D+7.5 | D+7.4 | little change |
| South Carolina Senate Patinkin Research Strategies, Resonance Media Services, The New York Times/Siena University, Trafalgar Group |
4 | D+1.0 | R+1.8 | toward Democrats 2.8 |
| Alaska Senate AtlasIntel, InsiderAdvantage, The New York Times/Siena University |
3 | D+2.6 | D+2.3 | little change |
| Arizona governor GrayHouse, Kreate Strategies, Noble Predictive Insights |
3 | D+5.3 | D+11.1 | toward Republicans 5.8 |
| New Hampshire governor AtlasIntel, National Public Affairs, University of New Hampshire |
3 | R+5.0 | R+9.2 | toward Democrats 4.2 |
| New Hampshire Senate AtlasIntel, National Public Affairs, University of New Hampshire |
3 | D+8.7 | D+7.2 | toward Democrats 1.5 |
| North Carolina Senate AtlasIntel, East Carolina University, YouGov |
3 | D+11.6 | D+11.0 | toward Democrats 0.6 |
| South Carolina governor Resonance Media Services, The New York Times/Siena University, Trafalgar Group |
3 | R+10.0 | R+11.8 | toward Democrats 1.8 |
| House: AK-01 AtlasIntel, The New York Times/Siena University |
2 | R+40.6 | – | no earlier polls |
| Alaska governor AtlasIntel, The New York Times/Siena University |
2 | D+12.8 | D+9.4 | toward Democrats 3.4 |
| House: CA-01 University of Southern California Democracy and Fair Elections Lab/University of Southern California Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research, USC Democracy and Fair Elections Lab |
2 | D+14.5 | – | no earlier polls |
| Louisiana Senate Hart Research Associates, Lincoln Park Strategies |
2 | tied | – | no earlier polls |
| Nebraska governor The New York Times/Siena University, YouGov |
2 | R+8.3 | R+2.6 | toward Republicans 5.7 |
| Arkansas Senate GrayHouse |
1 | R+16.0 | R+10.0 | toward Republicans 6.0 |
| House: AZ-01 Keating Research |
1 | D+4.0 | D+2.8 | toward Democrats 1.2 |
| House: CA-48 University of Southern California Democracy and Fair Elections Lab |
1 | D+8.0 | D+6.0 | toward Democrats 2.0 |
| California governor ActiVote |
1 | D+26.4 | D+21.1 | toward Democrats 5.3 |
| Colorado governor Lake Research Partners |
1 | D+15.0 | D+17.5 | toward Republicans 2.5 |
| Connecticut governor University of New Hampshire |
1 | D+13.0 | D+19.9 | toward Republicans 6.9 |
| House: FL-25 Public Policy Polling |
1 | D+6.0 | R+1.0 | toward Democrats 7.0 |
| Georgia governor State Navigate |
1 | D+3.0 | R+1.4 | toward Democrats 4.4 |
| Illinois Senate ActiVote |
1 | D+11.2 | D+15.0 | toward Republicans 3.8 |
| Illinois governor ActiVote |
1 | D+18.0 | D+18.7 | toward Republicans 0.7 |
| Massachusetts Senate University of New Hampshire |
1 | D+21.0 | D+28.0 | toward Republicans 7.0 |
| House: ME-02 University of New Hampshire |
1 | R+5.0 | D+3.0 | toward Republicans 8.0 |
| House: MI-13 Center for Strategic Politics |
1 | D+50.0 | – | no earlier polls |
| House: MO-02 Emerson College |
1 | D+0.8 | D+3.0 | toward Republicans 2.2 |
| House: MT-01 Emerson College |
1 | D+0.3 | D+8.0 | toward Republicans 7.7 |
| Nevada governor Noble Predictive Insights |
1 | tied | D+0.7 | toward Republicans 0.7 |
| New York governor Research Co. |
1 | D+9.0 | D+13.4 | toward Republicans 4.4 |
| House: NH-01 University of New Hampshire |
1 | D+13.0 | D+4.0 | toward Democrats 9.0 |
| House: NH-02 University of New Hampshire |
1 | D+15.0 | D+16.0 | toward Republicans 1.0 |
| Pennsylvania governor Research Co. |
1 | D+25.0 | D+23.5 | toward Democrats 1.5 |
| Rhode Island governor University of New Hampshire |
1 | D+47.0 | D+28.8 | toward Democrats 18.2 |
| Rhode Island Senate University of New Hampshire |
1 | D+31.0 | D+28.3 | toward Democrats 2.7 |
| Vermont governor University of New Hampshire |
1 | D+8.0 | R+3.0 | toward Democrats 11.0 |
| Wisconsin governor Research Co. |
1 | D+5.0 | D+4.8 | little change |
Races: Democrat-minus-Republican margin. Approval: approve minus disapprove. Simple averages per poll.