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

44.5%

Republican

38.4%

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Estimate

90% of polls fall in this range

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334 polls included in this average.

Field Dates Sample Pollster/Sponsor Result
Feb 27 – Mar 2 1,512 Adults YouGov / The Economist

Democrat

40.0%

33.0%

Republican

Democrat +7
Feb 27 – Mar 2 1,363 RV YouGov / The Economist

Democrat

45.0%

41.0%

Republican

Democrat +4
Feb 28 249 LV The Public Sentiment Institute

Democrat

50.1%

41.0%

Republican

Democrat +9.1
Feb 28 316 RV The Public Sentiment Institute

Democrat

40.7%

32.8%

Republican

Democrat +7.9
Feb 19 – 23 1,002 LV Echelon Insights

Democrat

50.0%

44.0%

Republican

Democrat +6
Feb 18 – 23 3,686 RV Ipsos / Reuters

Democrat

40.0%

38.0%

Republican

Democrat +2
Feb 20 – 23 1,401 RV YouGov / The Economist

Democrat

45.0%

41.0%

Republican

Democrat +4
Feb 20 – 22 2,202 RV Morning Consult

Democrat

46.0%

42.0%

Republican

Democrat +4
Feb 21 – 22 1,000 LV Emerson College

Democrat

50.4%

42.4%

Republican

Democrat +8
Feb 16 – 22 26,087 RV Morning Consult

Democrat

45.0%

42.0%

Republican

Democrat +3

= 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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