Generic Congressional Ballot

If the election for Congress were being held today, who would Americans vote for?

Populations in this average

LV

An adult identifed as registered and likely to vote in an upcoming election by a pollster.

RV

An adult identified as registered to vote by a pollster.

Adults

Anyone 18 years of age or older.

Democrat

42.6%

Republican

38.7%

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Estimate

90% of polls fall in this range

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258 polls included in this average.

Field Dates Sample Pollster/Sponsor Result
Jan 12 – 13 941 RV Ipsos / Reuters

Democrat

40.0%

38.0%

Republican

Democrat +2
Jan 12 – 13 1,217 Adults Ipsos / Reuters

Democrat

35.0%

32.0%

Republican

Democrat +3
Jan 9 – 12 2,201 RV Morning Consult

Democrat

46.0%

43.0%

Republican

Democrat +3
Jan 9 – 12 1,597 Adults YouGov / The Economist

Democrat

39.0%

33.0%

Republican

Democrat +6
Jan 9 – 12 1,433 RV YouGov / The Economist

Democrat

44.0%

40.0%

Republican

Democrat +4
Jan 8 – 12 1,148 RV YouGov / Yahoo News

Democrat

45.0%

40.0%

Republican

Democrat +5
Jan 5 – 11 17,701 RV Morning Consult

Democrat

45.0%

43.0%

Republican

Democrat +2
Jan 5 – 8 2,000 RV RMG Research / Napolitan News Service

Democrat

44.0%

43.0%

Republican

Democrat +1
Jan 7 – 8 1,500 LV Cygnal

Democrat

48.2%

44.6%

Republican

Democrat +3.6
Jan 2 – 5 1,547 Adults YouGov / The Economist

Democrat

39.0%

32.0%

Republican

Democrat +7

= Internal poll

Internal polls from the same candidate are averaged together and weighted as no more than 1 poll in our average.

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