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

45.1%

Republican

40.5%

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Estimate

90% of polls fall in this range

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344 polls included in this average.

Field Dates Sample Pollster/Sponsor Result
Mar 2 – 4 2,000 RV RMG Research / Napolitan News Service

Democrat

44.0%

43.0%

Republican

Democrat +1
Mar 2 – 3 1,624 LV Quantus Insights

Democrat

45.7%

40.8%

Republican

Democrat +4.9
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 27 – Mar 1 2,201 RV Morning Consult

Democrat

47.0%

42.0%

Republican

Democrat +5
Feb 23 – Mar 1 25,404 RV Morning Consult

Democrat

45.0%

42.0%

Republican

Democrat +3
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 25 – 26 1,999 LV Harris Poll / Harvard University Center for American Political Studies

Democrat

50.0%

50.0%

Republican

TIE
Feb 24 – 26 1,048 LV Cygnal / American Principles Project

Democrat

48.3%

44.6%

Republican

Democrat +3.7

= 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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