Midterm Pulse2026US Electionsby Jorge Garcelán
Election nightENES

POLLS · Nov 3, 2026

Democrats lead by 7.7 points on the generic congressional ballot.What the polls say

50.1% for the Democrats and 42.4% for the Republicans in the weighted average of national polls. In the Senate, 4 of the 26 races with enough polls are within 3 points.

Source: VoteHub generic-ballot polls, 532 national polls weighted by date, sample and population · latest poll Nov 2

Generic ballot · polling average

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Democrats 50.1%Other or undecided 7.5%Republicans 42.4%

THE RACES IN THE POLLS

4 Senate races within 3 points of the 26 with a reliable polling average.

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Only races with at least 3 polls and the latest within 45 days (26 of 35). Each average weights polls by date, sample and population. Sources: VoteHub (CC BY 4.0) and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). In Nebraska the non-Republican side is the independent (purple).

GENERIC BALLOT

Six months of the generic ballot weekly average of national polls.

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POLLING INDEX

Recent polls with pollster, sample and field dates.

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